Tadd Dameron / John Coltrane – Mating Call (1957)

Prestige – PRLP 7070Rec. Date : November 30, 1956 Piano : Tadd DameronTenor Sax : John ColtraneBass : John SimmonsDrums : Philly Joe Jones Listening to Prestige : #195Stream this Album Billboard : 03/09/1957Score of 72 The last time Dameron appeared on records was his Fontainebleau LP on Prestige, and it is good to hear him again, playing with the same sensitivity and intelligent

Clifford Brown – Memorial (1956)

Prestige – PRLP 7055Rec. Dates: June 11, 1953, September 15, 1953 Trumpet : Clifford Brown, Idress Sulieman, Art FarmerAlto Sax : Gigi Gryce, Arne DomnerusBaritone Sax : Oscar Estell, Lars GullinBass : Percy Heath, Gunnar JohnsonClarinet : Arne DomnerusDrums : Philly Joe Jones, Jack NorenPiano : Tadd Dameron, Bengt HallbergTenor Sax : Benny GolsonTrombone : Herb Mullins, Ake Persson Listening to Prestige : #88, #92Stream this Album Liner Notes by Ira Gitler

Tadd Dameron – Fontainebleau (1956)

Prestige – PRLP 7037Rec. Date : March 9, 1956 Piano, Arranger : Tadd DameronAlto Sax – Sahib ShihabBaritone Sax : Cecil PayneBass : John SimmonsDrums : Shadow WilsonTenor Sax : Joe AlexanderTrombone : Henry CokerTrumpet : Kenny Dorham Listening to Prestige : #165Album is Not Streamable Billboard : 07/28/1956Score of 78 Dameron, who has been hibernating out Cleveland way for some time, makes a

Fats Navarro – The Fabulous Fats Navarro, Volume Two (1957)

Blue Note – BLP 1532Rec. Dates : September 13, 1948, October 11, 1948, August 8, 1949 Trumpet : Fats Navarro, Howard McGheeAlto Sax : Ernie HenryBass : Curley Russell, Tommy PotterBongos : Chino PozoDrums : Kenny Clarke, Roy HaynesPiano : Tadd Dameron, Milt Jackson, Bud PowellTenor Sax : Allen Eager, Wardell Gray, Sonny RollinsVibes : Milt Jackson Strictlyheadies : 02/09/2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 06/29/1957 This is a companion piece

Fats Navarro – The Fabulous Fats Navarro, Volume One (1957)

Blue Note – BLP 1531Rec. Dates : September 26, 1947, October 11, 1948, August 8, 1949 Trumpet : Fats Navarro, Howard McGheeAlto Sax : Ernie HenryBass : Nelson Boyd, Curley Russell, Tommy PotterDrums : Shadow Wilson, Kenny Clarke, Roy HaynesPiano : Tadd Dameron, Milt Jackson, Bud PowellTenor Sax : Charlie Rouse, Sonny RollinsVibes : Milt Jackson Strictlyheadies : 02/08/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 07/01/1957Score of 76 A valuable collection of Navarro performances