The Fabulous Fats Navarro, Vol. 2
| The Fabulous Fats Navarro, Vol. 2 | ||||
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| Released | 1957 | |||
| Recorded | September 13, 1948; October 11, 1948; August 9, 1949 | |||
| Genre | Bebop | |||
| Length | 35:27 | |||
| Label | Blue Note | |||
| Fats Navarro chronology | ||||
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The Fabulous Fats Navarro, Vol. 2 is a studio album by Fats Navarro and released posthumously by Blue Note Records.[1] Personnel varied through the studio sessions that made up the album but among the most notable were Wardell Gray, Bud Powell, and Howard McGhee.[2]
Reception[edit]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [4] |
According to jazz critic Stephen Cook, "Navarro runs the gamut here, turning in both high-flying solos and gracefully cool statements." He noted that the track listing and personnel of the album had varied between releases.[1]
The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings awarded the album a full 4 stars, calling it and its companion volume "one of the peaks of the bebop movement and one of the essential modern-jazz records."[4]
Critic John Fordham described the two volumes as "essential Navarro, and essential bebop generally, featuring a string of dazzling themes illuminated by the trumpeter's glowing tone."[5]
Author Tom Piazza stated that the albums "show instantly what set Dameron's work apart," and commented: "Among bebop dates, these were really something special, full of carefully worked-out ensembles, introductions, and codas, yet still with plenty of stretching room for the soloists."[6]
Saxophonist and writer Benny Green noted Dameron's "ravishing tone" and "precise delivery," and called the recordings "a reminder of the grace of one of the earliest modern pioneers, a grace that was precocious because in the 1940s modernists had still not formulated their own conventions."[7]
Track listing[edit]
All compositions by Tadd Dameron unless otherwise stated
- "Lady Bird" (alternate take) – 2:53
- "Lady Bird" – 2:52
- "Jahbero" (alternate take) – 3:03
- "Jahbero" – 2:56
- "Symphonette" (alternate take) – 3:07
- "Symphonette" – 3:09
- "Double Talk" (alternate take) (Howard McGhee, Navarro) – 5:22
- "Bouncing With Bud" (alternate take) (Bud Powell) – 3:07[8]
- "Dance Of The Infidels" (alternate take) (Powell) – 2:52[8]
- "The Skunk" (alternate take) (McGhee, Navarro) – 2:59
- "Boperation" (McGhee, Navarro) – 3:07
Personnel[edit]
- Fats Navarro – trumpet
- Howard McGhee – trumpet (7, 10–11)
- Ernie Henry – alto saxophone (7, 10–11)
- Allen Eager – tenor saxophone (1-6)
- Wardell Gray – tenor saxophone (1-6)
- Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone (8-9)
- Milt Jackson – vibraphone, piano (7, 10–11)
- Bud Powell – piano (8-9)
- Tadd Dameron – piano (1-6)
- Curley Russell – bass (1-7, 10–11)
- Tommy Potter – bass (8-9)
- Kenny Clarke – drums (1-7, 10–11)
- Roy Haynes – drums (8-9)
- Chino Pozo – bongos (3-4)[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Fats Navarro - The Fabulous Fats Navarro, Vol. 2 Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-12-28
- ^ a b "Fats Navarro Discography". www.jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
- ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6. Oxford University Press. p. 131.
- ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1994). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP and Cassette. Penguin Books. pp. 964–965.
- ^ Fordham, John (1993). Jazz on CD: The Essential Guide. Kyle Cathie Limited. p. 208.
- ^ Piazza, Tom (1995). The Guide to Classic Recorded Jazz. University of Iowa Press. p. 69.
- ^ Green, Benny (1973). Drums in My Ears. Davis-Poynter. p. 34.
- ^ a b The masters from this session were released under Bud Powell's name for the album The Amazing Bud Powell