The Fabulous Fats Navarro, Vol. 1 is a studio album by Fats Navarro and released posthumously by Blue Note Records. Material for the album came from record dates with a variety of musicians including Tadd Dameron, Ernie Henry, Wardell Gray, Charlie Rouse, and Bud Powell.[1] The music was recorded on three sessions, with one coming from 1947, 1948, and 1949 respectively.[2]
| The Fabulous Fats Navarro, Vol. 1 | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1957 | |||
| Recorded | September 26, 1947 October 11, 1948 August 9, 1949 | |||
| Genre | Bebop | |||
| Length | 36:07 | |||
| Label | Blue Note | |||
| Fats Navarro chronology | ||||
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Reception
edit| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | (crown)[4] |
Jazz critic Stephen Cook described Navarro as a "fluid and inventive bebop trumpeter" and considered the album "an essential title for jazz enthusiasts."[1]
The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings awarded the album a full 4 stars and a "crown," calling it and its companion volume "one of the peaks of the bebop movement and one of the essential modern-jazz records."[4]
Critic John Fordham described the two volumes as "essential Navarro, and essential bebop generally, featuring a string of dazzling themes illuminated by the trumpeter's glowing tone."[5]
Author Tom Piazza stated that the albums "show instantly what set Dameron's work apart," and commented: "Among bebop dates, these were really something special, full of carefully worked-out ensembles, introductions, and codas, yet still with plenty of stretching room for the soloists."[6]
Saxophonist and writer Benny Green noted Dameron's "ravishing tone" and "precise delivery," and called the recordings "a reminder of the grace of one of the earliest modern pioneers, a grace that was precocious because in the 1940s modernists had still not formulated their own conventions."[7]
Track listing
editAll compositions by Tadd Dameron unless otherwise stated
- "Our Delight" (alternate take) – 3:09
- "Our Delight" – 3:00
- "The Squirrel" (alternate take) – 3:22
- "The Squirrel" – 3:01
- "The Chase" (alternate take) – 2:59
- "The Chase" – 2:46
- "Wail" (alternate take) (Bud Powell) – 2:44[8]
- "Bouncing With Bud" (alternate take) (Powell) – 3:16[8]
- "Double Talk" (Howard McGhee, Navarro) – 5:35
- "Dameronia" (alternate take) – 3:15
- "Dameronia" – 3:00
Personnel
edit- Fats Navarro – trumpet
- Howard McGhee – trumpet (9)
- Ernie Henry – alto saxophone
- Charlie Rouse – tenor saxophone (1-6, 10–11)
- Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone (7-8)
- Milt Jackson – vibraphone, piano (9)
- Bud Powell – piano (7-8)
- Tadd Dameron – piano (1-6, 10–11)
- Curley Russell – bass (9)
- Nelson Boyd – bass (1-6, 10–11)
- Tommy Potter – bass (7-8)
- Kenny Clarke – drums (9)
- Roy Haynes – drums (7-8)
- Shadow Wilson – drums (1-6, 10–11)
References
edit- ^ a b c Fats Navarro - The Fabulous Fats Navarro, Vol. 1 Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-12-28
- ^ "Fats Navarro Discography". www.jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
- ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6. Oxford University Press. p. 131.
- ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1994). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP and Cassette. Penguin Books. pp. 964–965.
- ^ Fordham, John (1993). Jazz on CD: The Essential Guide. Kyle Cathie Limited. p. 208.
- ^ Piazza, Tom (1995). The Guide to Classic Recorded Jazz. University of Iowa Press. p. 69.
- ^ Green, Benny (1973). Drums in My Ears. Davis-Poynter. p. 34.
- ^ a b The masters from this session were released under Bud Powell's name for the album The Amazing Bud Powell