Tadd Dameron
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| Tadd Dameron | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Tadley Ewing Peake Dameron |
| Born | February 21, 1917 |
| Origin | Cleveland, Ohio |
| Died | March 8, 1965 (aged 48) |
| Genre(s) | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | musician, arranger, composer |
| Instrument(s) | Piano |
Tadley Ewing Peake "Tadd" Dameron (February 21, 1917 – March 8, 1965) was an American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer. Dexter Gordon called Dameron the "romanticist" of the bop movement while reviewer Scott Yanow writes that Dameron was the "definitive arranger/composer of the bop era".[1]
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[edit] Biography
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Dameron was the most influential arranger of the bebop era, but also wrote charts for swing and hard bop players. The bands he arranged for included those of Count Basie, Artie Shaw, Jimmie Lunceford, Dizzy Gillespie, Billy Eckstine, and Sarah Vaughan. He and lyricist Carl Sigman wrote "If You Could See Me Now" for Sarah Vaughan and it became one of her first signature songs.
He also arranged and played for rhythm and blues star Bull Moose Jackson. Also playing for Jackson at the time was Benny Golson, who also was to become a celebrated jazz composer; Golson has said Dameron was the most important influence on his writing. Dameron composed several bop standards, including "Hot House", "Our Delight", "Good Bait", and "Lady Bird". His bands featured leading players such as Fats Navarro, Miles Davis, Dexter Gordon, Sonny Rollins, and Wardell Gray.
Dameron developed an addiction to narcotics toward the end of his career. He also suffered from cancer and had several heart attacks before he died at the age of 48 of cancer in 1965.
[edit] Legacy
Dameron has been the subject of many tributes since his death.
In the 1980s, Philly Joe Jones, drummer for the Miles Davis Quintet, founded Dameronia, a tribute band to Dameron.
Continuum : Mad About Tadd: The Music of Tadd Dameron is an album released in 1982 by a group consisting of Slide Hampton, Jimmy Heath, Ron Carter, Art Taylor, Kenny Barron. The LP has since been reissued on CD.
In 1975, jazz pianist Barry Harris released Barry Harris Plays Tadd Dameron (Xanadu Records).
[edit] Discography
[edit] As leader
- 1948: The Dameron Band (Featuring Fats Navarro) (Blue Note)
- 1949: Anthropology (Spotlite)
- 1949: Cool Boppin´ (Fresh Sound) with Miles Davis, Kai Winding, Sahib Shihab, Kenny Clarke
- 1949: The Miles Davis and Dameron Quartet in Paris - Festival International du Jazz, May 1949 (Columbia)
- 1953: A Study in Dameronia (Prestige)
- 1956: Fontainebleau (Prestige)
- 1956: Mating Call (Prestige)
- 1962: The Magic Touch (OJC) with Clark Terry, Charlie Shavers, Joe Wilder, Jimmy Cleveland, Britt Woodman, Julius Watkins, Jerry Dodgion, Jerome Richardson, Johnny Griffin, Bill Evans, Ron Carter, George Duvivier
- 1995: The Complete Blue Note and Capitol Recordings of Fats Navarro and Tadd Dameron (Blue Note)
[edit] References
- ^ Yanow, Scott (2008). "Tadd Dameron biography", AllMusic.
