Savoy session · in the studio

January 29, 1947

Fats Navarro And His Thin Men

This day's music is on 2 records: Fats Navarro, Opus De Bop

In the room

Fats Navarro – trumpet
Leo Parker – baritone sax
Tadd Dameron – piano
Gene Ramey – bass
Denzil Best – drums

The takes

What the numbers mean

Savoy numbered its masters by the tune, and kept the takes: the figure after the dash is which take of that master it is.

Matrix · take	Title	First out on
S3383-2	Fat Girl	MG 9005, MG 12114
S3384-2	Ice Freezes Red	MG 9005, MG 12114
S3385	Eb-Pob	MG 9005, MG 12114
S3386	Goin' To Minton's	MG 9005, MG 12114

4 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it

Where it ended up

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

MG 9005 · 1952Fats NavarroFats Navarro / Gil Fuller's Modernists / The Be Bop Boys

Various Artists – Opus De Bop (Savoy MG 12114)

MG 12114 · 1957Opus De BopVarious Artists

Together elsewhere

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

4 of them 1 album

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	MG 12133	Nostalgia	Fats Navarro	1959	Fats Navarro, Tadd Dameron, Gene Ramey, Denzil Best

3 of them 4 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
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 9026	The Birth Of Bop Volume 5	Various Artists	1953	Fats Navarro, Gene Ramey, Denzil Best
MG 12119	In The Beginning... Bebop	Various Artists	1957	Fats Navarro, Gene Ramey, Denzil Best

2 of them 19 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
MG 15003	George Shearing Trios	George Shearing Trio	1950	Gene Ramey, Denzil Best
BLP 5004	Fats Navarro Memorial Album	The Tadd Dameron Sextet Featuring Fats Navarro	1952	Fats Navarro, Tadd Dameron
MG 9019	New Trends Of Jazz Volume 6	Fats Navarro	1952	Fats Navarro, Tadd Dameron
MG 9023	The Birth Of Bop Volume 2	Various Artists	1953	Fats Navarro, Tadd Dameron
MG 9024	The Birth Of Bop Volume 3	Various Artists	1953	Fats Navarro, Tadd Dameron
MG-26025	Blues For Sale	Billy Eckstine	1954	Fats Navarro, Leo Parker
MG-26027	The Love Songs Of Mr. "B"	Billy Eckstine	1954	Fats Navarro, Leo Parker
MG 12011	Fats Bud-Klook-Sonny-Kinney	Sonny Stitt Quintet / The Be Bop Boys	1955	Fats Navarro, Tadd Dameron
MG 12016	Great Britain's Marian McPartland, George Shearing	George Shearing Trio	1955	Gene Ramey, Denzil Best
MG-36010	I Surrender, Dear	Billy Eckstine	1955	Fats Navarro, Leo Parker
MG-36016	The Advance Guard Of The '40s	Various Artists	1955	Fats Navarro, Leo Parker
MG-36029	Blues For Sale	Billy Eckstine	1955	Fats Navarro, Leo Parker
MG-36030	The Love Songs Of Mr. "B"	Billy Eckstine	1955	Fats Navarro, Leo Parker
MG-36038	Boning Up The 'Bones	Various Artists	1955	Fats Navarro, Leo Parker
BLP 1531	The Fabulous Fats Navarro Volume 1	Fats Navarro	1957	Fats Navarro, Tadd Dameron
BLP 1532	The Fabulous Fats Navarro Volume 2	Fats Navarro	1957	Fats Navarro, Tadd Dameron
MG 12130	Dexter Rides Again	Dexter Gordon	1958	Leo Parker, Tadd Dameron
JLP 50	Fats Navarro Featured With The Tadd Dameron Quintet	The Tadd Dameron Band	1961	Fats Navarro, Tadd Dameron
JLP 68	The Tadd Dameron Band	The Tadd Dameron Band	1962	Fats Navarro, Tadd Dameron