Blue Note · in the Kissa Kissa racks
The Fabulous Fats Navarro Volume 1
| Recorded | Sep 26, 1947 & Aug 9, 1949 |
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| Label | Blue Note |
| Catalog | BLP 1531 |
| Released | 1947 |
| Personnel | 14 credited players |
| Discogs | master 541638 |
The record
Three years before his death at 26, this date shows the trumpeter's tone at its most burnished, phrasing loose even when the tempo turns punishing. Sonny Rollins and Bud Powell sit in, young talent circling the same Blue Note sessions.
Session personnel
- Ernie Henry — alto saxophone
- Curly Russell — bass
- Nelson Boyd — bass
- Tommy Potter — bass
- Kenny Clarke — drums
- Roy Haynes — drums
- Shadow Wilson — drums
- Bud Powell — piano
- Tadd Dameron — piano
- Milt Jackson — piano, vibraphone [vibes]
- Charlie Rouse — tenor saxophone
- Sonny Rollins — tenor saxophone
- Fats Navarro — trumpet
- Howard McGhee — trumpet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 34 pressings on file.
| 1957 | Blue Note · BLP 1531 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Remastered, Mono earliest on file · deep groove; RVG stamp; Plastylite ear; flat edge |
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| 1957 | Blue Note · BLP 1531 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Remastered, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp; Plastylite ear; flat edge |
| 1958 | Blue Note · BLP 1531 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Remastered, Mono · 47 W 63rd address |
| 1963 | Blue Note · BLP 1531 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp |
| 1966 | Blue Note · BLP 1531 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Remastered, Mono · RVG stamp; flat edge |
| 2020 | Blue Note · BLP 1531 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Remastered, Mono, 180 · RVG stamp |
| — | Blue Note · BLP 1531 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Remastered, Mono · RVG stamp; flat edge |
| — | Blue Note · BLP 1531 — Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; 63rd St address |
| 1958 | Blue Note · BLP 1531 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Remastered, Mono |
| 1966 | Blue Note · BLP 1531 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono |
| 1966 | Blue Note · BLP 1531 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono |
| 1976 | Blue Note · LNJ-70071 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono |
| 1978 | Blue Note · GXK 8060(M) — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono |
| 1983 | Blue Note · BLP 1531 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono |
Follow the players
Ernie Henry also plays on
Curly Russell also plays on
Nelson Boyd also plays on