Howard McGhee was one of the first trumpeters (excluding Dizzy Gillespie) to grasp bebop. His blazingly fast fingering greatly helped him fit in perfectly with the early modernist players. McGhee also was on trumpet during Charlie Parker's infamous Lover Man session in Hollywood on July 29, 1946. The session resulted in Parker nearly collapsing from exh…
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