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Tadd Dameron, Fats Navarro, Sonny Stitt & JJ Johnson (1946 - 1950)

By Russell Perry | Jazz at 100
May 14, 2019
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In the past several hours of Jazz at 100, we have featured the music of Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk, and Max Roach. In this hour, we will continue to present bebop innovators—pianist/composer Tadd Dameron and his frequent (but short-lived) collaborator Fats Navarro, the next great bebop trumpeter after Dizzy Gillespie, and two of the greatest and longest-lived bebop soloists, Bird's rival—alto saxophonist Sonny Stitt who recorded until 1982 and the first significant bebop trombonist J.J. Johnson, who was active in music until 1996.

Playlist

Host Intro 0:00
Sarah Vaughan with Tadd Dameron Orchestra. "If You Could See Me Now" from Young Sassy (Proper) 2:34
Tadd Dameron Sextet. "Good Bait" from Bebop Story: Vol. 035, Fats Navarro Vol. 3 (1947-48) (Encyclopedia of Jazz) 5:22
Tadd Dameron Sextet. "Our Delight" from Bebop Story: Vol. 035, Fats Navarro Vol. 3 (1947-48) (Encyclopedia of Jazz) 11:07
Host speaks 14:02
Tadd Dameron Sextet. "Lady Bird" from Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz (Smithsonian) 15:30
Host speaks 18:19
Bud Powell's Modernists. "Wail" from The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1 (Blue Note) 20:45
Benny Goodman Septet. "Stealin' Apples" from Complete Blue Note/Capitol Recordings (Blue Note) 23:48
Charlie Parker Quintet. "Ornithology" from One Night at Birdland (Columbia) 26:55
Host speaks 34:35
Dizzy Gillespie Sextet. "One Bass Hit (Part 1)" from Bebop Story: Vol. 018, Dizzy Gillespie Vol. 3 (1946-47) (Encyclopedia of Jazz) 36:05
Dizzy Gillespie Sextet. "That's Earl, Brother" from Bebop Story: Vol. 018, Dizzy Gillespie Vol. 3 (1946-47) (Encyclopedia of Jazz) 38:57
Host speaks 41:38
JJ Johnson's Boppers. "Elora" from Stitt's Bits: The Bebop Recordings, 1949-1952 (Prestige) 43:42
JJ Johnson's Boppers. "Teapot" from Stitt's Bits: The Bebop Recordings, 1949-1952 (Prestige) 46:45
Host speaks 49:27
JJ Johnson's Beboppers. "Mad Bebop" from Origins (Savoy) 49:55
JJ Johnson's Bop Quintet. "Yesterdays" from Origins (Savoy) 52:34
Host Outro 55:31

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