TADD DAMERON 1947-1949 (2000)(FULL ALBUM)

Tracklist
00:00 1 Kay Penton With Tad Dameron And Group–I Thing I'll Go Away
Composed By – Tadd Dameron
Written By – Carol
02:57 2 Kay Penton With Tad Dameron And Group–Don't Mention Love To Me
Lyrics By – Dorothy Fields
Written-By – Oscar Levant
06:10 3 The Tadd Dameron Sextet Featuring Fats Navarro–The Chase
Composed By – Tadd Dameron
08:58 4 The Tadd Dameron Sextet Featuring Fats Navarro–The Squirrel
Composed By – Tadd Dameron
11:58 5 The Tadd Dameron Sextet Featuring Fats Navarro–Our Delight
Composed By – Tadd Dameron
14:58 6 The Tadd Dameron Sextet Featuring Fats Navarro–Dameronia
Composed By – Tadd Dameron
18:00 7 Tadd Dameron–A Be-Bop Carroll
Composed By – Tadd Dameron
21:00 8 Tadd Dameron–The Tadd Walk
Composed By – Tadd Dameron
23:53 9 Tadd Dameron–Gone With The Wind
Lyrics By – Herbert Magidson
Written-By – Allie Wrubel
27:06 10 Tadd Dameron–That Someone Must Be You
Composed By – Earl Hardy
30:09 11 The Tadd Dameron Septet* Featuring Chino Pozo–Jabbero
Composed By – Fats Navarro, Tadd Dameron
33:06 12 The Tadd Dameron Sextet–Lady Bird
Composed By – Tadd Dameron
35:59 13 The Tadd Dameron Sextet–Symphonette
Composed By – Tadd Dameron
39.09 14 The Tadd Dameron Sextet–I Thing I'll Go Away
Composed By – Tadd Dameron
42:27 15 Tadd Dameron And His Orchestra–Anthropology - Part 1
Composed By – Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie
44:33 16 Tadd Dameron And His Orchestra–Anthropology - Part 2
Composed By – Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie
46:29 17 Tadd Dameron And His Orchestra–Sid's Delight
Composed By – Tadd Damero
49:34 18 Tadd Dameron And His Orchestra–Casbah
Composed By – Tadd Dameron
52:24 19 Tadd Dameron And His Orchestra–John's Delight
Composed By – John Collins , Tadd Dameron
55:22 20 Tadd Dameron And His Orchestra–What's New
Composed By – Bob Haggart, Johnny Burk
58:23 21 Tadd Dameron And His Orchestra–Heaven's Doors Are Wide Open
Composed By – Tadd Dameron
01:01:42 22 Tadd Dameron And His Orchestra– Focus
Composed By – Tadd Dameron

Alto Saxophone – Eddie Shu (tracks: 1, 2), Ernie Henry (tracks: 3 to 10), Rudy Williams (tracks: 15, 16), Sahib Shihab (tracks: 17 to 22)
Baritone Saxophone – Cecil Payne (tracks: 17 to 22), Marion Devito* (tracks: 1, 2)
Bass – Charlie Ross (tracks: 1, 2), Curley Russell* (tracks: 7 to 22), Nelson Boyd (tracks: 3 to 6)
Bongos – Chino Pozo (tracks: 11), Diego Ibarra* (tracks: 17, 18)
Congas – Vidal Bolado (tracks: 17, 18)
Drums – Kenny Clarke (tracks: 7 to 22), Shadow Wilson (tracks: 3 to 6), Stan Levey (tracks: 1, 2)
Guitar – John Collins (tracks: 19 to 22)
Liner Notes [December 1999] – Anatol Schenker
Piano – Tadd Dameron
Saxophone – Dexter Gordon (tracks: 17, 18)
Tenor Saxophone – Allen Eager (tracks: 1, 2, 10 to 16), Benjamin Lundy (tracks: 19 to 22), Charlie Rouse (tracks: 3 to 6), Wardell Gray (tracks: 11 to 14)
Trombone – Jay Jay Johnson (tracks: 19 to 22), Kai Winding (tracks: 17, 18)
Trumpet – Doug Mettome (tracks: 1, 2), Fats Navarro (tracks: 3 to 18), Miles Davis (tracks: 19 to 22)
Vibraphone – Terry Gibbs (tracks: 1, 2)
Vocals – Kay Penton (tracks: 1, 2, 9, 10, 20, 21), Kenny Hagood (tracks: 14), Rae Pearl (tracks: 18)

Label: Classics – CLASSICS 1106
Series: The Classics Chronological Series – 1106
Country: France
Released: 2000
Genre: Jazz
Style: Big Band, Bop

1947-1949 Review by Alex Henderson
Although Tadd Dameron was a talented pianist, he never considered piano playing his strong point -- the bebopper was best known for his writing and arranging, and when he recorded as a leader (which wasn't all that often), Dameron was quite happy to let his sidemen take most of the solos. Dameron can hardly be accused of hogging the solo space on 1947-1949, a collection of small-group and big-band sides he recorded as a leader for Blue Note and Savoy, among others, from August 1947-April 1949. The material, most of it superb, falls into two main categories: hard-swinging bop instrumentals and romantic ballads featuring vocalists. On the instrumentals (which include "Our Delight," "Dameronia," "The Squirrel," "Lady Bird," and other Dameron originals), he features some of early bop's heavy-hitting soloists, including trumpeter Fats Navarro (a major influence on Clifford Brown), tenor saxman Wardell Gray, and alto saxman Ernie Henry (who, like Sonny Stitt, was a Charlie Parker disciple but not a clone). And Dameron's romantic side takes over when he features Kay Penton (a delightful though underexposed vocalist) on several ballads (including "What's New" and "Gone With the Wind") and employs the Billy Eckstine-influenced Kenny Hagood on "I Think I'll Go Away." Meanwhile, singer Rae Pearl (who later went by Rae Harrison) provides a wordless vocal on Dameron's dreamy "Casbah." Boasting some of Dameron's most essential work, this French release is recommended without hesitation to lovers of early bop.

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