
Tadd Dameron
Pianist-composer Tadd Dameron (1917-65) provided the bebop revolution with some of its most exciting and enduring music. Geoffrey Smith's tribute to a neglected master includes performances by the likes of Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughan and John Coltrane.
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Performers:
Title: Hot House
Artist: Charlie Parker
Composers: Tadd Dameron
Album Title: Charlie Parker - Ken Burns Jazz
Label: Verve Catalogue No: 549 084-2
Duration: 03’08
Performers: Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet; Al Haig, piano; Curley Russell, bass; Sid Catlett, drums.
Title: Groovin' High
Artist: Dizzy Gillespie
Composers: Dizzy Gillespie
Album Title: Dizzy Gillespie - Ken Burns Jazz
Label: Verve Catalogue No: 549 0862
Duration: 02’39
Performers: Charlie Parker, alto saxophone; Clyde Hart, piano; Remo Palmieri, guitar; Slam Stewart, bass; Cozy Cole, drums.
Title: If You Could See Me Now
Artist: Sarah Vaughan
Composers: Tadd Dameron
Album Title: It's You or No One
Label: Musicraft Catalogue No: 1046-70055
Duration: 02’46
Performers: Freddie Webster, trumpet; Leroy Harris, alto saxophone; Cecil Payne, baritone saxophone; Bud Powell, piano; Ted Sturgis, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums.
Title: The Tadd Walk
Artist: Fats Navarro
Composers: Tadd Dameron
Album Title: The Fats Navarro Story
Label: Proper Catalogue No: Properbox11
Duration: 02’52
Performers: Fats Navarro, trumpet; Ernie Henry, alto saxophone; Tadd Dameron, piano; Curley Russell, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums; Kay Penton, vocals.
Title: Our Delight
Artist: Fats Navarro
Composers: Tadd Dameron
Album Title: The Fats Navarro Story
Label: Proper Catalogue No: Properbox11
Duration: 04’00
Performers: Fats Navarro, trumpet; Rudy Williams, alto saxophone; Allen Eager, tenor saxophone; Tadd Dameron, piano; Curley Russell, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums.
Title: Good Bait
Artist: Dizzy Gillespie Big Band
Composers: Dameron/Basie
Album Title: Four Classic Albums
Label: Avid Catalogue No: 968
Duration: 03’34
Performers: Ernie Henry, alto saxophone; Cecil Payne, baritone saxophone; Andy Duryea, James Fareman, Jesse Tarrant*, Wm. Shepperd, trombone; Dave Brown, Dizzy Gillespie, Elman Wright, Willie Cook, trumpet; Joe Gayles, John Brown, saxophone; James Moody, tenor saxophone; Chano Pozo, bongo; Nelson Boyd, bass; Teddy Stewart, drums.
Title: Lady Bird
Artist: Tadd Dameron
Composers: Tadd Dameron
Album Title: The Miles Davis Tadd Dameron Quintet in Paris Festival International DeJazz May 1949
Label: Columbia Catalogue No: 4852572
Duration: 04’57
Performers: Miles Davis, trumpet; James Moody, saxophone; Tadd Dameron, piano; Barney Spieler, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums.
Title: Casbah
Artist: Fats Navarro
Composers: Tadd Dameron
Album Title: The Fats Navarro Story
Label: Proper Catalogue No: Properbox11
Duration: 02’57
Performers: Fats Navarro, trumpet; Kai Winding, trombone; Sahib Shibab, alto saxophone; Dexter Gordon, tenor saxophone; Cecil Payne, baritone saxophone; Tadd Dameron, piano; Curley Russell, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums; Diego Ibarra, bongo; Vidal Bolado, conga; Rae Pearl, vocals.
Title: Fontainebleau
Artist: Tadd Dameron
Composers: Tadd Dameron
Album Title: Fontainebleau
Label: Original Jazz Classics Catalogue No: OJC-055
Duration: 04’50
Performers: Kenny Dorham, trumpet; Sahib Shihab, alto saxophone; Joe Alexander, tenor saxophone; Cecil Payne, baritone saxophone; Henry Coker, trombone; Tadd Dameron, piano; John Simmons, bass; Shadow Wilson, drums.
Title: On a Misty Night
Artist: Tadd Dameron
Composers: Tadd Dameron
Album Title: Magic Touch
Label: Riverside Records Catalogue No: RLP 419
Duration: 02’52
Performers: Jerry Dodgion, Leo Wright, alto saxophone; Johnny Griffin, tenor saxophone; Jerome Richardson, tenor saxophone; Tate Houston, baritone saxophone; Blue Mitchell, Clark Terry, Joe Wilder, Johnny Griffin, trumpet; Britt Woodman, Jimmy Cleveland, trombone; Julius Watkins, French Horn; Bill Evans, piano; George Duvivier, Ron Carter, bass; Philly Joe Jones, drums.
Title: Swift as the Wind
Artist: Benny Goodman
Composers: Tadd Dameron
Album Title: Benny Goodman in Moscow
Label: RCA Victor Catalogue No: LSO-6008
Duration: 04’10
Performers: Jerry Dodgion, Phil Woods, alto saxophone; Gene Allen, baritone saxophone; Benny Goodman, clarinet; Tommy Newsom, Zoot Sims, tenor saxophone; Jimmy Knepper, Wayne Andre, Willie Dennis, trombone; Jimmy Maxwell, Joe Newman, Joe Wilder, John Frosk; trumpet; John Bunch, piano; Turk Van Lake, guitar; Bill Crow, bass; Mel Lewis, drums.
Title: Good Bait
Artist: John Coltrane
Composers: Dameron/Basie
Album Title: Soultrane
Label: Prestige Records Catalogue No: CDRIVM-003
Duration: 12’05
Performers: John Coltrane, tenor saxophone; Red Garland, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Art Taylor, drums.
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