Fats Navarro - The Fabulous Fats Navarro, Volume 1 (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series) (180g) (LP) (Mono)

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Fats Navarro - The Fabulous Fats Navarro, Volume 1
(Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series)
(180g) (LP) (Mono) 
 
Format: LP Vinyl
 
Label: Blue Note
 
Catalog No: 5507712
 
Barcode: 0602455077127
 
Genre: Jazz
 
No of Discs: 1
 
Release Date: 5/19/2023
   

Blue Note Classic Vinyl Reissue Series

180g Mono Vinyl LP

Mastered by Kevin Gray from Original Analog Tapes

 

The prodigiously talented trumpeter Theodore "Fats" Navarro was a bebop innovator whose career was cut tragically short when he died in 1950 at the age of 26. Navarro played with Charlie Parker and forged a distinctive style on his horn that would influence many greats that followed him including Clifford Brown. The year after his death Blue Note compiled the 10" LP Fats Navarro Memorial Album as a tribute to the late trumpeter with selections from various dates Fats had featured on between 1947-49 with the Tadd Dameron Sextet, the Bud Powell Quintet, and the McGhee-Navarro Boptet which Fats co-led with trumpeter Howard McGhee. In 1957, the label expanded the release into two 12" LPs titled The Fabulous Fats Navarro as part of the 1500 series including additional tracks from the sessions as well as alternate takes of several pieces in order to showcase the sheer creativity and originality of Navarro's improvisations. Altogether the collection is a bebop masterclass that featured various distinguished casts of bebop luminaries.

This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is mono, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original masters, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal. 

 

Features

  • Blue Note Classic Vinyl Reissue Series
  • 180g Vinyl LP
  • All-Analog Pressing
  • Mono
  • Mastered by Kevin Gray from Original Analog Tapes at Cohearent Audio
  • Manufactured at Optimal in Germany

 

Musicians

"Our Delight," "The Squirrel," "The Chase," "Dameronia":

The Tadd Dameron Sextet

Fats Navarro

trumpet

Ernie Henry

alto sax

Charlie Rouse

tenor sax

Tadd Dameron

piano

Nelson Boyd

bass

Shadow Wilson

drums

 

"Wail," "Bouncing with Bud":

Bud Powell Quintet

Fats Navarro

trumpet

Sonny Rollins

tenor sax

Bud Powell

piano

Tommy Potter

bass

Roy Haynes

drums

 

"Double Talk":

The McGhee-Navarro Boptet

Fats Navarro

trumpet

Howard McGhee

trumpet

Ernie Henry

alto sax

Milt Jackson

piano, vibes

Curly Russell

bass

Kenny Clarke

drums

 

Track Listings:

Side 1:

  1. Our Delight (Alternate Master)
  2. Our Delight
  3. The Squirrel (Alternate Master)
  4. The Squirrel
  5. The Chase (Alternate Master)
  6. The Chase

 

Side 2:

  1. Wail (Alternate Master)
  2. Bouncing with Bud (Alternate Master)
  3. Double Talk
  4. Dameronia (Alternate Master)
  5. Dameronia