Tadd Dameron
The definitive arranger/composer of the bop era, Tadd Dameron wrote such standards as "Good Bait," "Our Delight," "Hot House," "Lady Bird," and "If You Could See Me Now." Not only did he write melody lines, but full arrangements, and he was an influential force from the mid-'40s on even though he never financially prospered. Dameron started out in the swing era touring with the Zack Whyte and Blanche Calloway bands, he wrote for Vido Musso in New York and most importantly, contributed arrangements for Harlan Leonard's Kansas City Orchestra, some of which were recorded. Soon Dameron was writing charts for such bands as Jimmie Lunceford, Count Basie, Billy Eckstine, and Dizzy Gillespie (1945-1947) in addition to Sarah Vaughan. Dameron was always very modest about his own piano playing but he did gig with Babs Gonzales' Three Bips & a Bop in 1947 and led a sextet featuring Fats Navarro (and later Miles Davis) at the Royal Roost during 1948-1949. Dameron co-led a group with Davis at the 1949 Paris Jazz Festival, stayed in Europe for a few months (writing for Ted Heath), and then returned to New York. He wrote for Artie Shaw's last orchestra that year, played and arranged R&B for Bull Moose Jackson (1951-1952) and in 1953 led a nonet featuring Clifford Brown and Philly Joe Jones. Drug problems, however, started to get in the way of his music. After recording a couple of albums (including 1958's Mating Call with John Coltrane) he spent much of 1959-1961 in jail. After he was released, Dameron wrote for Sonny Stitt, Blue Mitchell, Milt Jackson, Benny Goodman and his last record but was less active in the years before his death from cancer. Tadd Dameron's classic Blue Note recordings of 1947-48, his 1949 Capitol sides and Prestige/Riverside sets of 1953, 1956, 1958, and 1962 are all currently in print on CD.
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The Magic Touch
Jazz - Released by Original Jazz Classics on 27 Feb 1962
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The Complete Blue Note And Capitol Recordings Of Fats Navarro And Tadd Dameron
Jazz - Released by Blue Note Records on 1 Jan 1995
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Fontainebleau (Remastered)
Jazz - Released by Avid Entertainment on 16 Oct 2015
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Mating Call (Remastered)
Jazz - Released by Avid Entertainment on 16 Oct 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Mating Call [RVG Remaster]
Jazz - Released by Prestige on 1 Jan 1957
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Essential Jazz Masters
Jazz - Released by Stardust Records on 15 Apr 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Complete Jazz Series 1947 - 1949
Jazz - Released by Complete Jazz Series on 22 Dec 2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Our Delight
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Impressions on 1 Jan 1961
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Compositions Of Tadd Dameron
Jazz - Released by CoolNote on 30 Jun 2011
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Just at the Turn of the Tide
Jazz - Released by turn of the tide on 28 Apr 2023
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Clifford Brown/Tadd Dameron
Jazz - Released by Documents on 1 Sep 2008
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Fontainebleau (Album of 1956, New York)
Jazz - Released by Jazz Classic on 30 Nov 2018
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Live in New York
Bebop - Released by Synergie OMP on 27 Mar 2012
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Mating Call (Album of 1956, New York)
Jazz - Released by Jazz Classic on 30 Nov 2018
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That Slippery Slide Trombone
Elmo Hope All-Star Sextet, Tadd Dameron
Jazz - Released by Slippery Slide on 24 Jul 2022
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Four Classic Albums (Fats Navarro Featured with the Tadd Dameron Quintet / Fontainebleau / Mating Call / The Magic Touch) [Remastered]
Jazz - Released by Avid Entertainment on 9 Oct 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo