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Dameron, Mary Lou Williams, and Dizzy Gillespie in Williams's apartment, c. June 1946 Photograph by William P. Gottlieb.. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, [1] Dameron was the most influential arranger of the bebop era, but also wrote charts for swing and hard bop players. [2]
"If You Could See Me Now" is a 1946 jazz standard, composed by Tadd Dameron. [1] He wrote it especially for vocalist Sarah Vaughan, [2] a frequent collaborator. Lyrics were written by Carl Sigman and it became one of Vaughan's signature songs, inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998. [3]
Fontainebleau is a 1956 album by jazz musician Tadd Dameron. [3] [4] The title track, inspired by a trip to the French palace of the same name, is a through-composed composition with no solos, while "Flossie Lou" is a contrafact of "Jeepers Creepers". [5]
The Magic Touch is a 1962 album by jazz pianist and arranger Tadd Dameron and His Orchestra, released on Riverside Records.It was also Dameron's final completed work before his death three years later.
Mating Call is a studio album by jazz musician Tadd Dameron with saxophonist John Coltrane, issued in early 1957 on Prestige Records. [1] [2] It was recorded at the studio of Rudy Van Gelder in Hackensack, New Jersey.
Lady Bird" is a sixteen-bar jazz standard by Tadd Dameron. This "celebrated" composition, "one of the most performed in modern jazz", was written around 1939, [1] and released in 1948. [2] Featuring, "a suave, mellow theme," [3] it is the origin of the Tadd Dameron turnaround (in C: CM 7 E ♭ 7 A ♭ M 7 D ♭ 7 CM 7). [4] Play ⓘ
Good Bait" is a jazz composition written by American jazz piano player and composer Tadd Dameron and by band leader Count Basie. It was introduced in 1944 and was popular in the 1940s and 1950s. It was introduced in 1944 and was popular in the 1940s and 1950s.
In 1976, Barry Harris who was the pianist on the 1964 version played a trio version on his Barry Harris Plays Tadd Dameron - Xanadu Records; In 1982, Chaka Khan covered the tune as part of "Be Bop Medley," on her album Chaka Khan. [4] In 1988, Emily Remler was the first jazz guitarist to record it, on her album East To Wes.