Timeless Fats Navarro (2003) more music like this

by Fats Navarro

Timeless Fats Navarro combines tracks trumpeter Fats Navarro recorded for Savoy during the 1940s. Navarro is largely considered one of the lost geniuses of the bop movement and many of his most famous cuts are here, including "Fat Girl," "Ice Freezes Red," and more. While there are better Navarro compilations, at 18 tracks the Timeless collection ...

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Opus de Bop (1957) more music like this

by Various Artists

Some of tenor-saxophonist Stan Getz's earliest recordings are included on this well-conceived LP. Getz displays a harder sound than one might expect on sextet sides with trombonist Kai Winding and trumpeter Shorty Rogers from late 1945 and on four selections with a quartet from mid-1946. The final four selections (from May 1949) are more typical ...

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The Fats Navarro Story (2001) more music like this

by Fats Navarro

Bebop trumpet genius Fats Navarro only lived to the age of 26. During that time he left behind a slew of recordings with numerous bands and vocalists for a number of labels. Proper, a British compilation label, has attempted to assemble four CDs of music from what it perceives to be Navarro's four major periods, in order to reveal the trumpeter's ...

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The Savoy Story, Vol. 1: Jazz (1999) more music like this

by Various Artists

The old Savoy catalog gets bounced around from one distributor to the next like an unwanted foster child, with everyone starting from scratch once they get a hold of it. By 1999, it was Atlantic's turn and, hot on the heels of other label retrospectives, they have compiled a very good three-CD anthology of Savoy's jazz activities over 15 years in ...

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Goin' to Minton's (1999) more music like this

by Fats Navarro

There are many tragic figures in bebop history, but Fats Navarro's story is even sadder than most. Considered by some to be a better trumpeter than Dizzy Gillespie (Lennie Tristano is reported to have said of Gillespie, "He's a nice trumpet player, but he's no Fats"), Navarro was killed by his heroin addiction at age 26. This disc includes ...

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Everything's Cool (1999) more music like this

by Fats Navarro

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