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Tadd Dameron

Tadley Ewing Peake Dameron (February 21, 1917 – March 8, 1965) was an American jazz composer, arranger, and pianist.

Tadd Dameron

Tadley Ewing Peake Dameron

(1917-02-21)February 21, 1917
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.

March 8, 1965(1965-03-08) (aged 48)
New York City

Jazz

Musician, composer, arranger

Piano

1940s–1960s

In the 1980s drummer and trumpeter Don Sickler founded Dameronia, a band which performed the music of Tadd Dameron.[9]

Philly Joe Jones

Saxophonist called him the "romanticist" of the bop movement.[10]

Dexter Gordon

Music critic called Dameron the "definitive arranger/composer of the bop era".[11]

Scott Yanow

Saxophonist included five Dameron tunes on his 2000 album 52nd Street Themes.[12]

Joe Lovano

In 2006, trumpeter Peter Welker released Duke, Billy And Tadd as a tribute to , Billy Strayhorn, and Dameron.[13]

Duke Ellington

Turkish drummer released Dameronia with Strings, an album featuring eight Dameron tunes, in 2015.[14]

Ferit Odman

Trumpeter 's 2019 album If You Could See Me Now is a tribute to Dameron.[15]

Joe Magnarelli

In 2019, singer released an album titled The Dream Is You: Vanessa Rubin Sings Tadd Dameron.[16]

Vanessa Rubin

John Coltrane Plays for Lovers (Prestige, 1966)

Trane's Blues (Giants of Jazz, 1990)

Combs, Paul. (2012). Dameronia: The Life and Music of Tadd Dameron (Jazz Perspectives). University of Michigan Press.  978-0472114139.

ISBN

Tadd Dameron biographical information at the Dameron/Damron Family Association web page.

Jazzbiographies.com.

Interview with Paul Combs, Author of DAMERONIA: THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF TADD DAMERON