Fats Navarro The Fabulous Fats Navarro, Volume 1 Mono (Classic Vinyl Series)

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

Musicians:

• Ernie Henry, alto saxophone
• Curly Russell, bass
• Nelson Boyd, bass
• Tommy Potter, bass
• Kenny Clarke, drums
• Roy Haynes, drums
• Shadow Wilson, drums
• Bud Powell, piano
• Tadd Dameron, piano
• Milt Jackson, piano, vibes
• Charlie Rouse, tenor saxophone
• Sonny Rollins, tenor saxophone
• Fats Navarro, trumpet
• Howard McGhee, trumpet

Selections:

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