Prestige

Fontainebleau

Tadd Dameron

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Recorded	1956
Label	Prestige
Catalog	PRLP 7037
Released	1956
Personnel	10 credited players
Discogs	master 312974

The record

Kenny Dorham's trumpet and Henry Coker's trombone on top, Sahib Shihab, Joe Alexander and Cecil Payne stacked underneath -- an eight-piece band with Tadd Dameron at the piano and Shadow Wilson and John Simmons keeping it light on its feet. Five pieces, the title one first. Prestige PRLP 7037, 1956, notes by Ira Gitler.

Tracks

Fontainebleau
Delirium
The Scene Is Clean
Flossie Lou
Bula-Beige

Session personnel

Sahib Shihab — Alto Saxophone
Cecil Payne — Baritone Saxophone
John Simmons — Bass
Shadow Wilson — Drums
Rudy Van Gelder — Lacquer Cut By
Ira Gitler — Liner Notes
Tadd Dameron — Piano
Joe Alexander (5) — Tenor Saxophone
Henry Coker — Trombone
Kenny Dorham — 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 15 pressings on file.

1956	Prestige · PRLP 7037 — Vinyl LP Album Mono earliest on file
1996	Prestige · VICJ-2059 — CD, Album, Remastered, Mono · RVG stamp
1996	Prestige · VICJ-41394 — CD, Album, Remastered, Mono · RVG stamp
1957	Esquire · 32-034 — Vinyl, LP, Album · laminated sleeve
1957	Metronome · MEP 298 — Vinyl, 7", EP
1975	Prestige · LPJ-40007 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Reissue
1977	Prestige · SMJ-6537(M) — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Reissue
1977	Prestige · SMJ-6537(M) — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Mono
1983	Original Jazz Classics · OJC-055 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1983	Prestige · 27 481 LM — Vinyl, LP, Album
1987	Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-055-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
1992	Yeh Eum Records · YFJL-629 — Vinyl, LP, Album
2008	Prestige · UCCO-9352 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Mono
2013	Prestige · UCCO-5237 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono, SHM