About
Theodore "Fats" Navarro (September 24, 1923 – July 7, 1950) was an American jazz trumpet player and a pioneer of the bebop style of jazz improvisation in the 1940s. A native of Key West, Florida, he toured with big bands before achieving fame as a bebop trumpeter in New York. Following a series of studio sessions with leading bebop figures including Tadd Dameron, Bud Powell, and Kenny Clarke, he became ill with tuberculosis and died at the age of 26. Despite the short duration of his career, he had a strong stylistic influence on trumpet players who rose to fame in later decades, including Miles Davis, Clifford Brown and Lee Morgan.
Member of
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Fats Navarro Quintet eponymous
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Fats Navarro All Stars eponymous
Discography
Albums
Compilations
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The Fats Navarro Collection 1943-50
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Complete Last Studio Session September 20, 1949
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Dameronia 1947/1948
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Gone With the Wind
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Timeless
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The Fats Navarro Story
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Nostalgia Apple Music
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His Best Recordings: 1946-1949
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The Chronological Classics: Fats Navarro 1947-1949
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Fats Blows: 1946-1949
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Goin’ to Minton’s
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Double Talk Apple Music
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The Bebop Boys
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The Complete Dial Masters: Modern Jazz Trumpets
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The Complete Blue Note and Capitol Recordings of Fats Navarro and Tadd Dameron
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Prestige First Sessions, Volume 1
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Memorial
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Fat Girl
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Fat Girl
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Prime Source
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Fats Navarro Featured With The Tadd Dameron Quintet
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Nostalgia Apple Music
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The Fabulous Fats Navarro, Vol.2 Apple Music
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Dizzy Gillespie and Modern Trumpets
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The Bebop Boys
Links
Also known as
ファッツ・ナヴァロ
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- d2a135f4-bb6b-4fb6-a09b-115e740b7fe0
- ISNI
- 0000000063085882
- IPI
- 00238898311
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 9 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.