It was pianist and arranger Tadd Dameron (1917-1965) who provided jittery bebop with soothing orchestrations. He once said: “There’s enough ugliness in the world. I’m interested in beauty”.
4’05” Fontainebleau (Dameron) Tadd Dameron
Avid AMSC 1275
3’00” Dameron Stomp (Dameron) Harlan Leonard
RCA LPV-531
3’06” I Dream A Lot About You (Young) Jimmie Lunceford
Mosaic MD 250
3’20” Embraceable You (Gershwin, Gershwin) Sabby Lewis
Phoenix Jazz LP 9
2’47” Just You, Just Me (Greer, Klager) Georgie Auld
Musicraft MUSCD-62
2’50” Cool Breeze (Dameron) Billy Eckstine
Savoy SJL 2214
4’03” For Europeans Only (Dameron) Don Redman
SteepleChase SCC-6020/21
3’00” Half Step Down, Please (Dameron, Hawkins) Coleman Hawkins
Mosaic MD 251
3’28” Good Bait (Dameron) Dizzy Gillespie
Vogue CMDGN 9824
3’01” Casbah (Dameron) Tadd Dameron
Capitol 5C 052 80852
3’36” Miles (Dameron) Tadd Dameron
Beppo 503
3’00” Focus (Dameron) Tadd Dameron
Capitol 5C 052 80852
5’04” Philly JJ (Dameron) Tadd Dameron
Prestige OJC-017
2’54” On A Misty Night (Dameron) Tadd Dameron
Avid AMSC 127
2’58” Dial B For Beauty (Dameron) Tadd Dameron
AVID AMSC 1175
