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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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Sun 10 Jul 2016 00:00

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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