Howard McGhee

Biography by Scott Yanow

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Jazz trumpeter whose dazzling speed made him a frequently featured soloist and a leader in the bebop movement.
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Year	Album	Label	User Ratings
1947	Howard McGhee Sextet	Dial	()
1948	Sextet with Milt Jackson	Savoy	()
1951	Night Music	Dial	()
1952	South Pacific Jazz	Savoy	()
1952	Jazz Goes to the Battlefront, Vol. 1	Hi-Lo Records	()
1952	Jazz Goes to the Battlefront, Vol. 2	Hi-Lo Records	()
1952	The McGhee-Navarro Sextet (With Fats Navarro)		()
1953	Howard McGhee, Vol. 2	Blue Note	()
1955	The Return of Howard McGhee	Bethlehem High Fidelity	()
1955	That Bop Thing		()
1956	Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries	Bethlehem Records / BMG	()
1960	Music from "The Connection"	Felsted	()
1961	Dusty Blue	Avenue (Rhino) / Rhino / Warner Bros.	()
1961	Maggie's Back in Town!!	Original Jazz Classics	()
1961	Sharp Edge	Black Lion	()
1961	Shades of Blue	Jazz Man	()
1961	Together Again!	Contemporary Records	()
1961	Together Again	Original Jazz Classics	()
1962	House Warmin'!	Argo	()
1962	Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out		()
1966	Cookin' Time	Hep	()
1976	Here Comes Freddy	Sonet	()
1976	Just Be There	Steeplechase	()
1977	Jazz Brothers	Storyville	()
1978	Live at Emerson's	Zim	()
1979	Home Run	Storyville	()
1979	Wise in Time	Storyville	()
1982	The Second Progressive Records All Star Trumpet Spectacular	Progressive	()
1988	Young at Heart	Storyville	()
1994	Howard McGhee & Milt Jackson	Savoy	()
1999	Orchestra Cookin Time	Zim	()
	Connection: Music from the Off-Broadway Play	Fresh Sound	()
	Collection 1945-53	Acrobat Music	()