Fats Navarro / Gil Fuller's Modernists / The Be Bop Boys – Fats Navarro (Savoy MG 9005)

Savoy MG 9005 · 10-inch LP · 1952

MG 9005

Fats Navarro

Fats Navarro / Gil Fuller's Modernists / The Be Bop Boys

Released: 1952
Tracks: 6

2 more tracks from these dates went to New Sounds In Modern Music
8 more tracks from these dates went to Fats Bud-Klook-Sonny-Kinney
2 more tracks from these dates went to Sonny Stitt
2 more tracks from these dates went to New Trends Of Jazz Volume 1
4 more tracks from these dates went to Opus De Bop

Who's on it

Fats Navarro – trumpet
McKinley Kinney Durham – trumpet
Sonny Stitt – alto sax
Morris Lane – tenor sax
Ed De Vertoil – baritone sax
Gil Fuller – arranger
Bud Powell – piano
Al Hall – bass
Kenny Clarke – drums
Leo Parker – baritone sax
Tadd Dameron – piano
Gene Ramey – bass
Denzil Best – drums

The tracks

Every track in the order it was recorded, across 2 sessions.

1Fat Boy Part 1September 6, 1946 · S3348
2Fat Boy Part 2September 6, 1946 · S3349
3Fat GirlJanuary 29, 1947 · S3383-2
4Ice Freezes RedJanuary 29, 1947 · S3384-2
5Eb-PobJanuary 29, 1947 · S3385
6Goin' To Minton'sJanuary 29, 1947 · S3386

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Together elsewhere

The other albums at least two of these players are on together.

10 of them 1 album

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	MG 12011	Fats Bud-Klook-Sonny-Kinney	Sonny Stitt Quintet / The Be Bop Boys	1955	Fats Navarro, McKinley Kinney Durham, Sonny Stitt, Morris Lane, Ed De Vertoil, Gil Fuller, Bud Powell, Al Hall, Kenny Clarke, Tadd Dameron

9 of them 3 albums

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	MG 9006	Sonny Stitt	Sonny Stitt Quintet / The Be Bop Boys	1952	Fats Navarro, McKinley Kinney Durham, Sonny Stitt, Morris Lane, Ed De Vertoil, Gil Fuller, Bud Powell, Al Hall, Kenny Clarke
	MG 9012	New Sounds In Modern Music	Various Artists	1952	Fats Navarro, McKinley Kinney Durham, Sonny Stitt, Morris Lane, Ed De Vertoil, Gil Fuller, Bud Powell, Al Hall, Kenny Clarke
	MG 9014	New Trends Of Jazz Volume 1	Sonny Stitt	1952	Fats Navarro, McKinley Kinney Durham, Sonny Stitt, Morris Lane, Ed De Vertoil, Gil Fuller, Bud Powell, Al Hall, Kenny Clarke

8 of them 1 album

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	MG 12114	Opus De Bop	Various Artists	1957	Fats Navarro, Sonny Stitt, Bud Powell, Al Hall, Leo Parker, Tadd Dameron, Gene Ramey, Denzil Best

4 of them 6 albums

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	BLP 5004	Fats Navarro Memorial Album	The Tadd Dameron Sextet Featuring Fats Navarro	1952	Fats Navarro, Bud Powell, Kenny Clarke, Tadd Dameron
	MG 9034	Bird - Diz - Bud - Max	Various Artists	1954	Sonny Stitt, Bud Powell, Al Hall, Kenny Clarke
	MG 12020	Groovin' High With Dizzy Gillespie	Dizzy Gillespie Sextet	1955	Sonny Stitt, Gil Fuller, Kenny Clarke, Leo Parker
	BLP 1531	The Fabulous Fats Navarro Volume 1	Fats Navarro	1957	Fats Navarro, Bud Powell, Kenny Clarke, Tadd Dameron
	BLP 1532	The Fabulous Fats Navarro Volume 2	Fats Navarro	1957	Fats Navarro, Bud Powell, Kenny Clarke, Tadd Dameron
	MG 12133	Nostalgia	Fats Navarro	1959	Fats Navarro, Tadd Dameron, Gene Ramey, Denzil Best

3 of them 15 albums

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	BLP 4430	Bud Powell's Modernists · not on the site yet	Bud Powell's Modernists	1949	Fats Navarro, Bud Powell, Kenny Clarke
	MG 9003	New Sounds In Modern Music	Dexter Gordon	1951	Fats Navarro, Leo Parker, Tadd Dameron
	MG 9016	New Trends Of Jazz Volume 3	Dexter Gordon	1952	Fats Navarro, Leo Parker, Tadd Dameron
	MG 9019	New Trends Of Jazz Volume 6	Fats Navarro	1952	Fats Navarro, Kenny Clarke, Tadd Dameron
	MG 9023	The Birth Of Bop Volume 2	Various Artists	1953	Fats Navarro, Kenny Clarke, Tadd Dameron
	MG 9024	The Birth Of Bop Volume 3	Various Artists	1953	Fats Navarro, Kenny Clarke, Tadd Dameron
	MG 9026	The Birth Of Bop Volume 5	Various Artists	1953	Fats Navarro, Gene Ramey, Denzil Best
	MG-26025	Blues For Sale	Billy Eckstine	1954	Fats Navarro, Sonny Stitt, Leo Parker
	MG-26027	The Love Songs Of Mr. "B"	Billy Eckstine	1954	Fats Navarro, Sonny Stitt, Leo Parker
	MG-36016	The Advance Guard Of The '40s	Various Artists	1955	Fats Navarro, Sonny Stitt, Leo Parker
	MG-36029	Blues For Sale	Billy Eckstine	1955	Fats Navarro, Sonny Stitt, Leo Parker
	MG-36030	The Love Songs Of Mr. "B"	Billy Eckstine	1955	Fats Navarro, Sonny Stitt, Leo Parker
	MG 12119	In The Beginning... Bebop	Various Artists	1957	Fats Navarro, Gene Ramey, Denzil Best
	JLP 50	Fats Navarro Featured With The Tadd Dameron Quintet	The Tadd Dameron Band	1961	Fats Navarro, Kenny Clarke, Tadd Dameron
	JLP 68	The Tadd Dameron Band	The Tadd Dameron Band	1962	Fats Navarro, Kenny Clarke, Tadd Dameron

2 of them 16 albums

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	MG 15003	George Shearing Trios	George Shearing Trio	1950	Gene Ramey, Denzil Best
	BLP 5003	The Amazing Bud Powell	Bud Powell's Modernists	1952	Fats Navarro, Bud Powell
	BLP 5012	The McGhee-Navarro Sextet	Howard McGhee's All Stars	1952	Fats Navarro, Kenny Clarke
	BLP 1503	The Amazing Bud Powell Volume 1	Bud Powell	1955	Fats Navarro, Bud Powell
	MG 12016	Great Britain's Marian McPartland, George Shearing	George Shearing Trio	1955	Gene Ramey, Denzil Best
	MG 15056	Introducing...Johnny Costa	Johnny Costa Trio And Solo	1955	Kenny Clarke, Gene Ramey
	MG-36010	I Surrender, Dear	Billy Eckstine	1955	Fats Navarro, Leo Parker
	MG-36038	Boning Up The 'Bones	Various Artists	1955	Fats Navarro, Leo Parker
	BLP 1504	The Amazing Bud Powell Volume 2	Bud Powell	1956	Fats Navarro, Bud Powell
	PRLP 7024	Sonny Stitt, Bud Powell, J.J. Johnson	Jay Jay Johnson's Boppers	1956	Sonny Stitt, Bud Powell
	MG 12052	The Amazing Johnny Costa	Johnny Costa Trio And Solo	1956	Kenny Clarke, Gene Ramey
	MG 12130	Dexter Rides Again	Dexter Gordon	1958	Leo Parker, Tadd Dameron
	MGV-8301	The Lonely One...	Bud Powell	1959	Bud Powell, Kenny Clarke
	LP 1395	Sonny Stitt & The Top Brass	Sonny Stitt Tentet	1962	Sonny Stitt, Tadd Dameron
	BLP 4146	Our Man In Paris	Dexter Gordon	1963	Bud Powell, Kenny Clarke
	CL 2292	A Portrait Of Thelonious	Bud Powell	1965	Bud Powell, Kenny Clarke

Also from these sessions

Various Artists – New Sounds In Modern Music (Savoy MG 9012)

MG 9012 · 1952New Sounds In Modern MusicVarious Artists

Sonny Stitt Quintet / The Be Bop Boys – Fats Bud-Klook-Sonny-Kinney (Savoy MG 12011)

MG 12011 · 1955Fats Bud-Klook-Sonny-KinneySonny Stitt Quintet / The Be Bop Boys

Sonny Stitt Quintet / The Be Bop Boys – Sonny Stitt (Savoy MG 9006)

MG 9006 · 1952Sonny StittSonny Stitt Quintet / The Be Bop Boys

Sonny Stitt – New Trends Of Jazz Volume 1 (Savoy MG 9014)

MG 9014 · 1952New Trends Of Jazz Volume 1Sonny Stitt

Various Artists – Opus De Bop (Savoy MG 12114)

MG 12114 · 1957Opus De BopVarious Artists

Sources

Jazz Discography Project (sessions, takes, personnel)

In the 9000 series

← MG 9004Stan Getz Beboppers MG 9006 →Sonny Stitt