Dizzy Gillespie – World Statesman (1956)

Norgran – MGN 1084Rec. Date : June 6, 1956 Stream this Album Trumpet : Dizzy GillespieArranger : A.K. Salim, Howie Kravitz, Tadd DameronAlto Sax : Jimmy Powell, Phil WoodsBaritone Sax : Marty FlaxBass : Nelson BoydBass Trombone : Rod LevittDrums : Charlie PersipPiano : Walter Davis Jr.Tenor Sax : Billy Mitchell, Ernie WilkinsTrombone : Frank

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

Clifford Brown – Memorial (1956)

Prestige – PRLP 7055Rec. Dates: June 11, 1953, September 15, 1953 Stream this Album Trumpet : Clifford Brown, Idrees Sulieman, Art FarmerAlto Sax : Gigi Gryce, Arne DomnérusBaritone Sax : Oscar Estell, Lars GullinBass : Percy Heath, Gunnar JohnsonClarinet : Arne DomnérusDrums : Philly Joe Jones, Jack NorenPiano : Tadd Dameron, Bengt HallbergTenor Sax :

Tadd Dameron – Fontainebleau (1956)

Prestige – PRLP 7037Rec. Date : March 9, 1956 Stream this Album Piano, Arranger : Tadd DameronAlto Sax – Sahib ShihabBaritone Sax : Cecil PayneBass : John SimmonsDrums : Shadow WilsonTenor Sax : Joe AlexanderTrombone : Henry CokerTrumpet : Kenny Dorham Featured LinksListening to Prestige : #165March 9, 1956 Billboard : 07/28/1956Score of 78 Dameron,

Blue Note LP 1532

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