MUSICIAN

Fats Navarro

1923 - 1950

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fats Navarro has received more than 267,636 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Fats Navarro is the 1,065th most popular musician (up from 1,510th in 2019), the 5,234th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,547th in 2019) and the 355th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Fats Navarro ranks 1,065 out of 3,175. Before him are Conny Plank, Tete Montoliu, Pat Smear, Tony Visconti, Sterling Morrison, and János Bihari. After him are Marcel Moyse, Bonnie Raitt, Louis Jordan, Yiruma, Francis Goya, and Kid Ory.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Fats Navarro ranks 260. Before him are Jim Marshall, Charlie Mariano, Somnath Sharma, Harish-Chandra, Giulio Cabianca, and James Arness. After him are Ahti Karjalainen, Juan Burgueño, Rudolf Augstein, Israel Gutman, Hedy Schlunegger, and Jean Hagen. Among people deceased in 1950, Fats Navarro ranks 119. Before him are Recep Peker, Sami al-Hinnawi, Hiroshi Yoshida, George Kingsley Zipf, Joe Fry, and Adolf Meyer. After him are Karin Michaëlis, Joseph, Duke of Parma, Alykul Osmonov, Edward Arthur Milne, Ivan Shmelyov, and Dirk Coster.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Fats Navarro ranks 5,234 out of 20,380. Before him are Kendall Jenner (1995), Clifton Webb (1889), Jack Lord (1920), Simon Helberg (1980), Isaiah Washington (1963), and Suge Knight (1965). After him are Bonnie Raitt (1949), Reuben Fine (1914), Jeff Chandler (1918), Dexter Jackson (1969), Dee Snider (1955), and Charles Demuth (1883).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Fats Navarro ranks 355. Before him are Johnny Thunders (1952), Tyler, the Creator (1991), Buddy Bolden (1877), Pat Smear (1959), Tony Visconti (1944), and Sterling Morrison (1942). After him are Bonnie Raitt (1949), Louis Jordan (1908), Kid Ory (1886), Ronnie Radke (1983), Gene Autry (1907), and Johnny Hodges (1906).

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