In A Mellow Tone
Wednesday February 13th, 2019 with Bernard Stepien
Saxophonist Gene Ammons and trumpeter Fats Navarro
Gene Ammons is known to be an expert of slow phrasing development. However, every note he plays is carefully chosen. Some critics call his approach a building block to soul Jazz. He left a long list of recordings. Tonight we will hear him alongside greats such as John Coltrane as a sideman. That tells it all.
Trumpeter Fats Navarro died too young. Having played with Charlie Parker, he is guaranteed to be a genuine Be Bopper but he managed to turn it into a cleaner idiom without the frenzy of the beginnings. Tonight we will survey a late ‘40s recording that feature 50% of his own compositions alongside 50% of Tadd Dameron compositions.
| blue hymn Gene Ammons - the big sound - prestige |
| the real McCoy Gene Ammons - the big sound - prestige |
| cheek to cheek Gene Ammons - the big sound - prestige |
| that's all Gene Ammons - the big sound - prestige |
| the chase Fats Navarro - fats blows - TIM |
| the squirrel Fats Navarro - fats blows - TIM |
| our delight Fats Navarro - fats blows - TIM |
| dameronia Fats Navarro - fats blows - TIM |
| the Tadd walk Fats Navarro - fats blows - TIM |
| bouncing with Bud Fats Navarro - fats blows - TIM |
| Dance of the infidels Fats Navarro - fats blows - TIM |
| nostalgia Fats Navarro - fats blows - TIM |
| Barry's bop Fats Navarro - fats blows - TIM |
| bebop romp Fats Navarro - fats blows - TIM |
| Fats blows Fats Navarro - fats blows - TIM |
| boperation Fats Navarro - fats blows - TIM |
| symphonette Fats Navarro - fats blows - TIM |
| the skunk Fats Navarro - fats blows - TIM |
| Sid's delight Fats Navarro - fats blows - TIM |
| casbah Fats Navarro - fats blows - TIM |
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