Savoy session · in the studio
October 28, 1947
Tadd Dameron Quintet
- This day's music is on 4 records: New Trends Of Jazz Volume 6, Fats Bud-Klook-Sonny-Kinney, The Birth Of Bop Volume 2, The Birth Of Bop Volume 3
In the room
Tadd Dameron – piano
Fats Navarro – trumpet · as Theodore Fats Navarro- Ernest Henry – alto sax
- Kay Penton – vocal
Curley Russell – bass · as Dillon Curley Russell
Kenny Clarke – drums · as Kenny Klook Clarke
The takes
1 of these 5 takes stayed in the vault at the time: alternates and tunes that weren't issued. Switch to hear only the ones that came out on the records.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| S3465-1 | A Be Bop Carol | Not issued at the time · later on Savoy SJL 2216 |
| S3465-6 | A Be Bop Carol (as Be Bop Carroll) | MG 9019, MG 12011 |
| S3466-1 | The Tadd Walk | MG 9019, MG 12011 |
| S3467-3 | Gone With The Wind | MG 9023, MG 12011 |
| S3468-3 | That Someone Must Be You | MG 9024, MG 12011 |
5 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it
Where it ended up
MG 9019 · 1952New Trends Of Jazz Volume 6Fats Navarro
MG 12011 · 1955Fats Bud-Klook-Sonny-KinneySonny Stitt Quintet / The Be Bop Boys
MG 9023 · 1953The Birth Of Bop Volume 2Various Artists
MG 9024 · 1953The Birth Of Bop Volume 3Various ArtistsTogether elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
4 of them 5 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 5004 | Fats Navarro Memorial Album | The Tadd Dameron Sextet Featuring Fats Navarro | 1952 | Tadd Dameron, Fats Navarro, Curley Russell, Kenny Clarke |
 | BLP 1531 | The Fabulous Fats Navarro Volume 1 | Fats Navarro | 1957 | Tadd Dameron, Fats Navarro, Curley Russell, Kenny Clarke |
 | BLP 1532 | The Fabulous Fats Navarro Volume 2 | Fats Navarro | 1957 | Tadd Dameron, Fats Navarro, Curley Russell, Kenny Clarke |
 | JLP 50 | Fats Navarro Featured With The Tadd Dameron Quintet | The Tadd Dameron Band | 1961 | Tadd Dameron, Fats Navarro, Curley Russell, Kenny Clarke |
 | JLP 68 | The Tadd Dameron Band | The Tadd Dameron Band | 1962 | Tadd Dameron, Fats Navarro, Curley Russell, Kenny Clarke |
3 of them 4 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | MG 9003 | New Sounds In Modern Music | Dexter Gordon | 1951 | Tadd Dameron, Fats Navarro, Curley Russell |
 | BLP 5012 | The McGhee-Navarro Sextet | Howard McGhee's All Stars | 1952 | Fats Navarro, Curley Russell, Kenny Clarke |
 | MG 9005 | Fats Navarro | Fats Navarro / Gil Fuller's Modernists / The Be Bop Boys | 1952 | Tadd Dameron, Fats Navarro, Kenny Clarke |
 | MG 9016 | New Trends Of Jazz Volume 3 | Dexter Gordon | 1952 | Tadd Dameron, Fats Navarro, Curley Russell |
2 of them 9 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PR 7824 | Coleman Hawkins And His Orchestra · not on the site yet | Coleman Hawkins And His Orchestra | 1946 | Fats Navarro, Curley Russell | |
 | MG 9006 | Sonny Stitt | Sonny Stitt Quintet / The Be Bop Boys | 1952 | Fats Navarro, Kenny Clarke |
 | MG 9012 | New Sounds In Modern Music | Various Artists | 1952 | Fats Navarro, Kenny Clarke |
 | MG 9014 | New Trends Of Jazz Volume 1 | Sonny Stitt | 1952 | Fats Navarro, Kenny Clarke |
 | MG 12042 | Roll Em Bags | Kenny Clarke's Sextet With Milt Jackson | 1956 | Curley Russell, Kenny Clarke |
 | MG 12114 | Opus De Bop | Various Artists | 1957 | Tadd Dameron, Fats Navarro |
 | MG 12130 | Dexter Rides Again | Dexter Gordon | 1958 | Tadd Dameron, Curley Russell |
 | MG 12133 | Nostalgia | Fats Navarro | 1959 | Tadd Dameron, Fats Navarro |
 | MG 12179 | The 'Bird' Returns | Charlie Parker | 1962 | Tadd Dameron, Curley Russell |