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Tadd Dameron sextet, Dizzy Gillespie orchestra
Royal Roost Club, New York

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October 9, 1948 (8 items; TT = 26:05)
Royal Roost Club, New York
Source/Quality: RB (B)
Theodore "Fats" Navarro (tpt); Rudy "Pinky" Williams (as); Allen Eager (ts); Tadd Dameron (p); Dillon "Curley" Russell (b); Kenny Clarke (d); J.B. "Dizzy" Gillespie (tpt, voc); Dave Burns (tpt); Elmon Wright (tpt); Willie Cook (tpt); Jesse Tarrant (tb); Bill Sheperd (tb); Andy Duryea (tpt); John Brown (as, voc); Ernie Henry (as); James Moody (ts); Joe Gayles (ts); Cecil Payne (bs); James Foreman (p); Nelson Boyd (b); Teddy Stewart (d); Chano Pozo Gonzales (bgo, cga, voc); Johnny Hartman (voc); Symphony Sid Torin (ann)
1 Introduction 1:17

"And right now, ladies and gentlemen, we'd like to introduce to you individually the great Tadd Dameron organization. First, the gentleman who's had so much to do with modern jazz, on piano, Tadd Dameron -- let's give Tadd a wonderful hand... One of the outstanding trumpet men of our time, our wonderful friend Fats Navarro... And a gentleman that I know everybody loves to hear, on tenor, Allen Eager... On bass we have Curley Russell -- give Curley a hand, and... on drums, Kenny Clarke... And our, and, I know a lot of you folks out there who've been diggin' the all-night, all-frantic one for many years remember the Savoy Sultans -- if you remember the Savoy Sultans, you also remember a wonderful young gentleman, a cat who plays a lot of alto, our friend, our wonderful friend... the wonderful and sensational Rudy Williams, ladies and gentlemen. And I know that you remember the records that they made, things like 'Frantic' and, uh, 'The Savoy Jump' and things like that. And to start things jumpin', Tadd Dameron, how 'bout a little bit of, uh, 'The Tadd Walk'?"
2 The Tadd Walk (T. Dameron) 4:29
3 September in the Rain (A. Dubin-H. Warren) 1:47

Anita O'Day with rhythm section
4 How High the Moon (N. Hamilton-M. Lewis) 3:14

Anita O'Day with rhythm section
5 Introduction 0:11

"And right now, ladies and gentlemen, a brand new record that we've been playing a whole lot of, just came out on Blue Note, here's Tadd Dameron and the group and, uh, their original thing called 'Dameronia'..."
6 Dameronia (T. Dameron) 5:07
7 The Squirrel (T. Dameron) (inc) 0:27

Voiceover from 0:04: "And so, ladies and gentlemen, the wonderful Tadd Dameron group that I hope you've really enjoyed. Tadd Dameron, Fats Navarro, Allen Eager, a lot of wonderful guys that are always here down at the Royal Roost, where you can sit back and relax and dig the gonest in modern jazz. Remember, we're here at the Metropolitan Bopera House, the Royal Roost, at 1580 Broadway between 47th and 48th Street..."
8 Manteca (D. Gillespie-W.G. Fuller-C. Pozo) 9:33

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