As per our current Database, Charlie Shavers is still alive (as per Wikipedia, Last update: May 10, 2020).
Currently, Charlie Shavers is 103 years, 8 months and 22 days old. Charlie Shavers will celebrate 104rd birthday on a Saturday 3rd of August 2024. Below we countdown to Charlie Shavers upcoming birthday.
Popular As | Charlie Shavers |
Occupation | Trumpet Player |
Age | 103 years old |
Zodiac Sign | Leo |
Born | August 3, 1920 (New York) |
Birthday | August 3 |
Town/City | New York |
Nationality | New York |
Charlie Shavers’s zodiac sign is Leo. According to astrologers, people born under the sign of Leo are natural born leaders. They are dramatic, creative, self-confident, dominant and extremely difficult to resist, able to achieve anything they want to in any area of life they commit to. There is a specific strength to a Leo and their "king of the jungle" status. Leo often has many friends for they are generous and loyal. Self-confident and attractive, this is a Sun sign capable of uniting different groups of people and leading them as one towards a shared cause, and their healthy sense of humor makes collaboration with other people even easier.
Charlie Shavers was born in the Year of the Monkey. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Monkey thrive on having fun. They’re energetic, upbeat, and good at listening but lack self-control. They like being active and stimulated and enjoy pleasing self before pleasing others. They’re heart-breakers, not good at long-term relationships, morals are weak. Compatible with Rat or Dragon.
Composer of "Undecided," a jazz measure, and known for his close ties with well-known swing era musicians.
He played piano and banjo before switching to trumpet; he played with John Kirby's Sextet when he was sixteen.
He toured Europe with Jazz at the Philharmonic, as well as spending time collaborating with Benny Goodman.
His father was a distant relative of Fats Navarro.
Shavers and Louis Armstrong were such close friends that as both men were dying, Shavers requested his mouthpiece buried with Armstrong in his coffin.