Complete your tadd dameron with john coltrane collection. This extraordinary 1956 session includes tadd on piano,john simmons on bass,philly joe jones on drums and the absolutely magnificent tenor sax of. Damerons discography is rather small, and his career was sidetracked at significant. Mating call full album mating call is an album by tadd dameron issued in 1957 on prestige records, catalog 7070. Tadley ewing peake tadd dameron february 21, 1917 march 8, 1965 was an american jazz pianist, arranger, and composer. This is an album for fans of trumpets and saxophones, and navarros fast, powerful voice is the star of most of these tunes.
After he was released, dameron wrote for sonny stitt, blue mitchell, milt jackson, and benny goodman. Perhaps more than any other musician, dameron added form to the thenemerging style of bop with. Fats navarro born september 24, 1923, key west, florida, usa died july 7, 1950, new york city, new york, usa was an american bebop trumpeter. During the 1940s and 50s, after working for several years as an arranger for big bands. The definitive arrangercomposer of the bop era, tadd dameron wrote such standards as good bait, our delight, hot house, lady bird, and if you could.
I have an ulttadd vinyl of this from our friend boris rose with a full dameron at the roost discography as backliner. The compositions of tadd dameron by tadd dameron on amazon. A skilful jazz pianist and arranger who combined the emerging bebop sound with the melodic, swinging kansas city. It was recorded at the studio of rudy van gelder in hackensack, new jersey. Tadd dameron with john coltrane mating call full album. It should only contain pages that are tadd dameron albums or lists of tadd dameron albums, as well as subcategories containing those things. Aug 06, 20 dameronia is the first authoritative biography of tadd dameron, an important and widely influential figure in jazz history as one of the most significant composers and arrangers of jazz, swing, bebop, and big band.
Dameron grew up with music all around him, his mother first taught him to play piano, not to read, but by memory. Tadd dameron kreeg all mit veer johr klaveerunnerricht. Shop our newest and most popular tadd dameron sheet music such as good bait, our delight, or click the button above to. Super jet, gnid, casbah remastered, rifftide, soultrane rudy van gelder remaster, biography.
Jun 30, 2011 listen to your favorite songs from the compositions of tadd dameron by tadd dameron now. The claytonhamilton jazz orchestra brought a lively set to the ohio theatre on friday, june 28 as part of tric jazzfest. Sep 30, 2016 tadd dameron s big ten webbs delight aka tadd s delight 1949 february 19, 1949 royal roost, new york city, new york tadd dameron s big ten. Tadd was a genius, philly joe jones stated during a break from a rehearsal at lush life. Explore releases from tadd dameron and his orchestra at discogs. Anthropology fats navarro featured with the tadd dameron quintet tadd dameron quintet. Find tadd dameron discography, albums and singles on allmusic allmusic. Tadd damerons last session recording was the magic touch of tadd dameron, 1962 a definitive set that sums up much of his career.
Many have been issued under tadds leadership, but others sessions were under the names of harlan leonard, jimmy lunceford, sabby lewis, billy eckstine, georgie auld, buddy rich, sarah vaughan, dickie wells, earle. Johnny hartman discography noal cohens jazz history website. This jazz gem from the pen of tadd dameron features an easy flowing swing style and adapts wonderfully for. Arrangercomposerpianist tadd dameron, who had written for gillespies. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from the tadd dameron sextet at the discogs marketplace. In accordance with the directives of government and health authorities, we have temporarily suspended operations.
Tadd dameron,19171965,born the same year as nat king cole,died the same year as nat king cole,not such a magnificent piano player as king cole but surely one of the most marvelous writers of jazz. Putting together a dameron discography proved a lot easier, which ran to. On paper, pianist tadd dameron was the leader for half of these sessions, and he wrote much of the music, too. Joined by the incomparable talent of dianne reeves and trumpetist dominick farinacci, the evening was a joyous celebration of clevelandborn jazz legend tadd dameron. Explore releases from the tadd dameron sextet at discogs. Tadd dameron and his orchestra discography discogs. Tadd dameron tadley ewing peake tadd dameron february 21, 1917 march 8, 1965 was an american jazz composer, arranger and pianist. Mar 04, 2020 tadd dameron, american jazz pianist, arranger, composer, and bandleader, especially noted during the bop era for the melodic beauty and warmth of the songs he composed. Putting together a dameron discography proved a lot easier, which ran to almost 300 recordings as player, arranger or conductor. Musicnotes features the worlds largest online digital sheet music catalogue with over 300,000 arrangements available to print and play instantly. When his mother later married adolphus dameron, tadd and his brother, caesar, legally changed their names to dameron.
The tencd mosaic savoy set discography reads like a whos who of late1940s bebop, including tadd dameron, dexter gordon, allen eager. But there are also important live recordings from damerons small band at the royal roost in new york city in 1948 including the great fats navarro on trumpet and allen eager on tenor sax. I have dubbed this a jazz collectors discography, for while it is not exhaustive, it is intended to cover all van gelder recordings for albums deemed collectible by todays standards. The definitive arrangercomposer 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. Tadley ewing peake tadd dameron pianist, composer, arranger was born on february 21, 1917 in cleveland, ohio and passed away on march 8, 1965 at the age of 48. Web only 47 discography this listing includes recordings of the. Tadd dameron licensed to youtube by umg on behalf of cm blue note a92. Dameron was initially known as an arranger and composer for big bands, in particular for harlan leonard and his rockets in the. Fats navarrotadd dameron discography organissimo forums. Tadd dameron american musician and composer britannica. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from tadd dameron and his orchestra at the discogs marketplace. Jul 16, 2019 tadley ewing peake tadd dameron february 21, 1917 march 8, 1965 was an american jazz pianist, arranger, and composer. This is some of the greatest music ever recorded, and its vastly underheard.
With music streaming on deezer you can discover more than 56 million tracks, create your own playlists, and share your favourite tracks with your friends. Just click the edit page button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the biography submission guide. This book sets out to clarify damerons place in the development of jazz in the. The magic touch is a 1962 album by jazz pianist and arranger tadd dameron and his orchestra, released on riverside records. Tadd dameron, john coltrane mating call amoeba music. It was also dameron s final completed work before his passing three years later. Tadd dameron is known to proclaim that he became an arranger rather than stay an exclusive instrumentalist because it was the only way he could get his music played. Dameron began arranging for swing bands in 1938, but he was absorbing the new music of the beboppers and was the first to inject these new ideas into big band arrangements. Johnny hartman v on d compared to the version recorded in the studio for rca victor on april 14, 1949 see below, this live take of i should care is slower, includes dizzy gillespies trumpet solo, and is over two minutes longer. Rudy van gelder remasters series cd music description pianist and arranger tadd dameron contributed all six compositions to this 1956 date, and his presence clearly inspired coltrane, particularly on numbers like soultrane and on a misty night. The magic touch, a fine if sometimes overbearing bigband session from 1961 that was damerons last recording he died in 1965.
Jazz pianist, arranger and composer tadd dameron was born 94 years ago on feb. Dameron was initially known as an arranger and composer for big bands, in. Dameronia is the first authoritative biography of tadd dameron, an important and widely influential figure in jazz history and one of the most significant composers and arrangers of jazz, swing, bebop, and big band. Tadd dameron with john coltrane mating call discogs. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from tadd dameron at the discogs marketplace. Recent shows search playlists schedule schedule pdf podcasts. Music critic scott yanow called dameron the definitive arrangercomposer of the bop era. Mating call is a studio album by jazz musician tadd dameron with saxophonist john coltrane, issued in early 1957 on prestige records. Their sleeve information was always full of errors or approximations. This is an incomplete list, which will never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness as it excludes bootlegs, mix tapes and other minor records by independent labels and unofficial sources miles davis was an american trumpeter, bandleader and musical composer.
Perhaps more than any other musician, dameron added form to the thenemerging style of bop. In the 1980s drummer philly joe jones and trumpeter don sickler founded dameronia, a band which performed the music of tadd dameron. Albums include mating call, the smithsonian collection of classic jazz, and the complete columbia album collection. Join napster and access fulllength songs on your phone, computer or home audio device.
Find tadd dameron discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Jul 28, 2016 the following torrent is itself 70 albums released by other artists on the label. Not only did he write melody lines, but full arrangements, and he was an influential force from the mid40s on even though he never financially prospered. Tadd dameron fontainebleau coverdesign, tadd dameron fontainebleau. Tadd dameron as a composer and arranger was the man who in the 1940s and 50s was among the first to use the sometimes raw and undisciplined devices of the then new style of jazz called bebop in welldeveloped arrangements for big bands and small groups. Of the 12 tunes on the unknown dameron, three are vocals performed by danielle wertz. Fats navarro featured with the tadd dameron quintet.
Original jazz classics ojc212, ojccd2122 tadd dameron with john coltrane mating call prestige prlp 7247 john coltrane with tadd dameron mating call prestige pr 7745 tadd dameron with john coltrane, john simmons, philly joe jones mating call prestige p24084 john coltrane on a misty night. Tadley ewing peake tadd dameron was an american jazz composer, arranger and pianist. This book sets out to clarify dameron s place in the development of jazz in the. All recordings for lps released prior to 1966 19521965. Tadd dameron augustseptember 1948 jdisc online jazz. He arranged for names like count basie, artie shaw, jimmie lunceford, and dizzy gillespie and played with bull moose jackson and. Caesar was a jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer. Tadd dameron, a jazz master with a lyrical grace dameron was a composer and pianist who fused the sophisticated arrangements of the big band era with bebops complex harmonies.
Tadd dameron was born tadley ewing peake, the son of isaiah and ruth peake. View all records by tadd dameron for sale on cdandlp in lp, cd, 12inch, 7inch format. The compositions of tadd dameron, the fabulous fats navarro, mating call rvg remaster, top tracks. It looks like we dont have any biography for tadd dameron yet be the first to contribute. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet.
Tadd dameron, mary lou williams, and dizzy gillespie in williamss apartment, c. Wise music group, ascap, latinautor, sony atv publishing, cmrra, umpg publishing, and 6. Tadd dameron biography, birth date, birth place and pictures. A website dedicated to jazz pianist composer, tadd dameron. A blog supreme during the 1940s and 50s, dameron focused his considerable compositional talents on the emerging jazz style called bebop. Discography 94 releases found in discography artist release name cat. Tadd dameron, american jazz pianist, arranger, composer, and bandleader, especially noted during the bop era for the melodic beauty and warmth of the songs he composed. Musicians like art blakey, abbey lincoln, tadd dameron, clark terry, chet baker, jimmy heath.
Tadley ewing dameron tadd dameron madd for tadd home. June 1946 born in cleveland, ohio, 1 dameron was the most influential arranger of the bebop era, but also wrote charts for swing and hard bop players. Sonny stitt arranged and conducted by tadd dameron and jimmy mundy. Tadd dameron is hailed by critics as one of the most significant composers and arrangers of the era spanning swing and bebop. Born in cleveland, ohio, usa, dameron was the most influential arranger of the bebop era, but also wrote charts for swing and hard bop players. The album represents a continuation in the leaders explorative body.
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