The Fabulous Fats Navarro, Volume 1

by Fats Navarro

The Fabulous Fats Navarro, Volume 1 cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: March 1957
  • Label: Blue Note
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 36:04
  • Community rating: 3.46/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Part of Blue Note's 12-inch reissue campaign, this volume expands on his late 1940s sessions with the Tadd Dameron Sextet and the McGhee-Navarro Boptet. The compilation remains a masterclass in his fat, brassy tone and highly logical, fleet-fingered soloing style.

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Tracklist

  1. Our Delight - Alternate Take (3:08)
  2. Our Delight (2:59)
  3. The Squirrel - Alternate Take (3:21)
  4. The Squirrel (3:00)
  5. The Chase - Alternate Take (2:58)
  6. The Chase (2:46)
  7. Wail - Alternate Take (2:43)
  8. Bouncin' With Bud - Alternate Take 2 (3:15)
  9. Double Talk (5:34)
  10. Dameronia (3:14)
  11. Dameronia (2:59)

Credits

  • Andreas Rieke - lyrics by, music by
  • Michael B. Schmidt - lyrics by, music by
  • Michael DJ Beck - lyrics by, music by
  • Thomas D眉rr - lyrics by, music by
  • Thomas Burchia - music by
  • Matteo Scrimali - percussion
  • Herbert Gr枚nemeyer - vocals [additional]

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