Fats' style had a direct influence on many trumpeters. Clifford Brown idolised him. Lee Morgan named him as his favourite all-time trumpeter. The style that Fats' developed also had major influence on the development in style of numerous others. Soon after Fats' death, Dizzy Gillespie said, "Fats was the best all round trumpeter of them all. He had everything a trumpeter should have: tone, ideas, execution and reading ability." This 4CD box set is the story of his career. It features performances from other greats including Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Coleman Hawkins, Illinois Jacquet, Billy Eckstine and Howard McGhee.
 

The Fats Navarro Story - Navarro, Fats  

Disc 1

1. Air Mail Special 3:19
2. Don't Blame Me 2:53
3. Opus X 2:24
4. Love Me Or Leave Me 4:10
5. Long, Long Journey 3:06
6. Tell Me Pretty Baby 2:55
7. Second Balcony Jump 2:51
8. Without A Song 2:50
9. Epistrophy 2:54
10. 52nd Street Theme 2:49
11. Oo-Bop Sh'Bam 3:03
12. Rue Chaptal 2:56
13. Boppin' A Riff 5:50
14. Fat Boy 5:35
15. Everything's Cool 5:32
16. Webb City 5:41
17. Calling Dr. Jazz 2:49
18. Fracture 2:51
19. Maternity 3:01
20. Stealin' Trash 2:46
21. I Mean You 3:01
22. Bean And The Boys 2:42

Disc 2

1. Just A Mystery 2:13
2. Red Pepper 3:02
3. Spinal 2:29
4. Hollerin' And Screamin' 2:38
5. Fat Girl 2:18
6. Ice Freezes Red 2:38
7. Eb Pob 2:22
8. Goin' To Mintons 2:50
9. Jivin' With Jack The Bell Boy 2:49
10. High On An Open Mike 7:57
11. Sweet Georgia Brown 7:39
12. The Chase 2:41
13. The Squirrel 2:57
14. Our Delight 2:55
15. Dameronia 2:58
16. A Bebop Carol 2:56
17. The Tadd Walk 2:50
18. Gone With The Wind 3:09
19. That Someone Must Be You 3:01
20. Nostalgia 2:42
21. Barry's Bop 2:36
22. Bebop Romp 2:35
23. Fats Blows 2:48

Disc 3

1. Half Step Down Please 3:00
2. Jumpin' Jane 3:08
3. Dextrose 2:44
4. Index 3:00
5. Dextivity 2:55
6. Good Bait (No.1) 5:48
7. Good Bait (No.2) 4:54
8. Anthropology 3:36
9. Lady Be Good 3:07
10. Symphonette 4:04
11. The Tadd Walk 4:28
12. The Squirrel 4:01
13. Dameronia 5:15
14. Our Delight 4:05
15. Eb-Pob 6:02
16. Jahbero 2:25
17. Lady Bird 2:49
18. Symphonette 4:04
19. I Think I'll Go Away 3:14
20. Stealin' Apples 3:08

Disc 4

1. The Skunk 3:06
2. Boperation 3:06
3. Double Talk 5:30
4. Guilty 3:01
5. Yardbird Suite 2:31
6. A Stranger In Town 3:00
7. As Time Goes By 3:04
8. Move 2:35
9. Move 2:31
10. Overtime 4:32
11. Sid's Delight 2:53
12. Casbah 2:57
13. Bouncing With Bud 3:12
14. Wail 2:40
15. Dance Of The Infidels 2:45
16. 52Nd Street Theme 2:48
17. Wailing Wall 3:42
18. Go 3:28
19. Infatuation 3:33
20. Stop 4:05
21. Night In Tunisia 5:38
22. Dizzy Atmosphere 6:52 Discography

Disc One - The Bebop Boys

Billy Eckstine and his Orchestra : Fats Navarro, Shorty McConnell, Gale Brockman, Boonie Hazel, tp; Gerald Valentine, Taswell Baird, Howard Scott, Chips Outcalt, tb; John Jackson, Bill Frazier, as; Budd Johnson, Gene Ammons, ts; Leo Parker, bs; John Malachi, p; Connie Wainwright, g; Tommy Potter, b; Art Blakey, d; Sarah Vaughan, voc.

Broadcast. "Club Plantation", Los Angeles, February/March 1945.

AIR MAIL SPECIAL (Arr: Tadd Dameron) Spotlite LP 100

DON'T BLAME ME (Arr. Tadd Dameron) Spotlite LP 100

OPUS X (Arr: John Malachi) Spotlite LP 100

LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME (Arr: Gerald Valentine) Spotlite LP 100

Billy Eckstine and his Orchestra : Fats Navarro, Shorty McConnell, Boonie Hazel, Raymond Orr, tp; Gerald Valentine, Howard Scott, Walter Knox, Chips Outcalt, tb; John Cobbs, Budd Johnson, as; Gene Ammons, Arthur Simmons, ts; Teddy Cypron, bs; Richard Ellington, p; Connie Wainwright, g; Tommy Potter, b; Art Blakey, d; Billy Eckstine, voc.

New York, October, 1945.

NSC 72 LONG, LONG JOURNEY Regent MG 6058

Billy Eckstine and his Orchestra : Fats Navarro, Shorty McConnell, Raymond Orr, Boonie Hazel, tp; Gerald Valentine, Howard Scott, Chips Outcalt, tb; Norris Turney, Junior Williams, as; Josh Jackson, Gene Ammons, ts; Leo Parker, bs; Jimmy Golden, p; Connie Wainwright, g; Bill McMahon, b; Art Blakey, d; Billy Eckstine, voc.

New York, February/March 1946.

NSC 115 SECOND BALCONY JUMP

(Arr. Gerald Valentine) National 9018

NSC 117 TELL ME PRETTY BABY Regent MG 6053

NSC 123 WITHOUT A SONG National 9061

Kenny Clarke and his 52nd Street Boys : Fats Navarro, Kenny Dorham, tp; Sonny Stitt, as; Ray Abrams, ts; Eddie De Verteuil, bs; Bud Powell, p; John Collins, g; Al Hall, b; Kenny Clarke, d; Walter Fuller, arr.

New York, September 5, 1946.

D6 VB 2792-1 EPISTROPHY Swing 224

D6 VB 2793-1 52ND STREET THEME Swing 244

D6 VB 2794-1 OO-BOP SH'BAM Swing 225

D6 VB 2795-1 RUE CHAPTAL Swing 244

The Be-Bop Boys : Kenny Dorham, Fats Navarro, tp; Sonny Stitt, as; Morris Lane, ts; Eddie De Verteuil, bs; Bud Powell, p; Al Hall, b; Kenny Clarke, d.

New York, September 6, 1946.

S 3346/47 BOPPIN' A RIFF Savoy 558

S 3348/49 FAT BOY Savoy 587

S 3350/51 EVERYTHING'S COOL Savoy 586

S 3352.53 WEBB CITY Savoy 585

Fats Navarro, tp; Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, ts; Al Haig, p; Huey Long, g; Gene Ramey, b; Denzil Best, d.

New York, December 18, 1946.

CALLING DR. JAZZ

FRACTURE

MATERNITY

STEALIN' TRASH

Coleman Hawkins and his Orchestra : Fats Navarro, tp; J.J. Johnson, tb; Porter Kilbert, as; Coleman Hawkins, ts; Milt Jackson, vib; Hank Jones, p; Curley Russell, b; Max Roach, d.

SR 1857 I MEAN YOU Sonora 3027

SR 1858-2 BEAN AND THE BOYS Sonora 3024





Disc Two - Nostalgia

Same personnel as December 18, 1946 session.

New York, December 20, 1946.

JUST A MYSTERY

RED PEPPER

SPINAL

HOLLERIN' AND SCREAMIN'

Fats Navarro and his Thin Men : Fats Navarro, tp; Leo Parker, as, bs; Tadd Dameron, p; Gene Ramey, b; Denzil Best, d.

New York, January 29, 1947.

S 3383-2 FAT GIRL Savoy MG 9005

S 3384-2 ICE FREEZES RED Savoy MG 9005

S 3385 EB POB Savoy MG 9005

S 3386 GOIN' TO MINTON'S Savoy MG 9005

Illinois Jacquet and his Orchestra : "Slim Romero" (Fats Navarro), Joe Newman, Miles Davis, Marion Hazel, ts; Gus Chappell, Ted Kelly, Eli Robinson, Dickie Wells, tb; Ray Perry, Jimmy Powell, as; Illinois Jacquet, George Nicholas, ts; Leo Parker, bs; Bill Doggett, p; Al Lucas, b; Shadow Wilson, d.

New York, January 7, 1947.

97-2 JIVIN' WITH JACK THE BELL BOY Aladdin 179

WNEW Saturday Nigh Swing Session : Fats Navarro, tp; Bill Harris, tb; Allen Eager, Charlie Ventura, ts; Ralph Burns, p; Al Valenti, g; Chubby Jackson, b; Buddy Rich, d.

WNEW Broadcast, New York, April 12, 1947.

WS5006/7/8 SWEET GEORGIA BROWN Counterpoint CPT 549

WS5009/10/11 HIGH ON AN OPEN MIKE Counterpoint CPT 549

The Tadd Dameron Sextet : Fats Navarro, tp; Ernie Henry, as; Charlie Rouse, ts; Tadd Dameron, p; Nelson Boyd, b; Shadow Wilson, d.

New York, September 26, 1947.

304-2 THE CHASE Blue Note 541

305-1 THE SQUIRREL Blue Note 540

306-5 OUR DELIGHT Blue Note 540

307-1 DAMERONIA Blue Note BLP 1531

Fats Navarro, tp; Ernie Henry, as; Tadd Dameron, p; Curley Russell, b; Kenny Clarke, d; Kay Penton, voc (-1).

New York, October 28, 1947.

S 3465-1 A BEBOP CAROL Savoy 931

S 3466-1 THE TADD WALK Savoy 931

S 3467-3 GONE WITH THE WIND (-) Savoy MG 9023

S 3468-3 THAT SOMEONE MUST BE YOU (-1) Savoy MG 9024

Fats Navarro, tp; Charlie Rouse, ts; Tadd Dameron, p; Nelson Boyd, b; Art Blakey, d.

New York, December 5, 1947.

S 3483-6 NOSTALGIA Savoy MG 9019

S 3484-6 BARRY'S BOP Savoy MG 12133

S 3485-6 BEBOP ROMP Savoy MG 12133

S 3486 FATS BLOWS Savoy MG 12133



Disc Three - At The Royal Roost

Coleman Hawkins and his All-Stars : Fats Navarro, tp; J.J. Johnson, tb; Budd Johnson, as; Coleman Hawkins, ts; Marion De Veta, bs; Hank Jones, p; Chuck Wayne, g; Jack Lesberg, b; Max Roach, d.

New York, December 11, 1947.

DYVB 2661 HALF STEP DOWN PLEASE Victor 20 - 3143

D7VB 2663 JUMPIN' JANE Victor 20 - 3143

Dexter Gordon and his Boys : Fats Navarro, tp; Dexter Gordon, ts; Tadd Dameron, p; Nelson Boyd, b; Art Mardigan, d.

New York, December 22, 1947.

S 3512 DEXTROSE Savoy 955

S 3513 INDEX Savoy SJL 2211

S 3514 DEXTIVITY Savoy SJL 2211

Tadd Dameron and his Orchestra : Fats Navarro, tp; Rudy Williams, as; Allen Eager, ts; Tadd Dameron, p; Curley Russell, b; Kenny Clarke, d.

Broadcast "Royal Roost" New York, August 28, 1948.

GOOD BAIT (NO. 1) Jazzland LP 50

GOOD BAIT (NO. 2) Jazzland LP 50

ANTHROPOLOGY Jazzland LP 50

LADY BE GOOD Jazzland LP 50

Tadd Dameron and his Orchestra : Fats Navarro, tp; Rudy Williams, as; Allen Eager, ts; Tadd Dameron, p; Milt Jackson, vib (-1); Curley Russell, b; Kenny Clarke, d.

Broadcast "Royal Roost" New York, September 4, 1948.

SYMPHONETTE (-1) Jazzland LP 68

THE TADD WALK Jazzland LP 68

THE SQUIRREL Jazzland LP 68

Tadd Dameron and his Orchestra : Fats Navarro, tp; Rudy Williams, as; Allen Eager, ts; Tadd Dameron, p; Curley Russell, b; Kenny Clarke, d.

Broadcast "Royal Roost" New York, October 9, 1948.

DAMERONIA Jazzland LP 50

OUR DELIGHT Jazzland LP 50

EB POB Jazzland LP 68

The Tadd Dameron Sextet : Fats Navarro, tp; Allen Eager, Wardell Gray, ts; Tadd Dameron, p; Curley Russell, b; Kenny Clarke, d; Chano Pozo, bgo (-1) Kenny Hagood, voc (-2).

New York, September 13, 1948.

BN 332-1 JAHBERO (-1) Blue Note 559

BN 333-1 LADY BIRD Blue Note 559

BN 334-2 SYMPHONETTE Blue Note BLP 1532

BN 335-1 I THINK I'LL GO AWAY (-2)

Benny Goodman Septet : Fats Navarro, tp; Benny Goodman, cl; Wardell Gray, ts; Gene Di Novi, p; Mundell Lowe, g; Clyde Lombardi, b; Mel Zelnick, d.

Los Angeles, September 9, 1948.

2974-3 STEALIN' APPLES Capitol 10173

Disc Four - Double Talk

Howard McGhee, tp; p (-1); Fats Navarro, tp; Ernie Henry, as; Milt Jackson, p; vib (-1); Curley Russell, b; Kenny Clarke, d.

New York, October 11, 1948.

BN 336-1 THE SKUNK Blue Note BLP 1532

BN 337-1 BOPERATION (-1) Blue Note BLP 1532

BN 338-B DOUBLE TALK Blue Note BLP 5004

Earl Coleman and his All-Stars.

Fats Navarro, tp; Don Lanphere, ts; Linton Garner, p, celeste; Al Casey, g; Jimmy Johnson, b; Max Roach, d; Earl Coleman, voc.

New York, November 29, 1948.

D 1162-A GUILTY Dial 756

D 1163-C YARDBIRD SUITE Dial 756

D 1164-C A STRANGER IN TOWN Dial 753

D 1165-A AS TIME GOES BY Dial LP 212

Same personnel and date as above, but Earl Coleman and Al Casey out.

D 1166-A MOVE Dial LP 212

D 116-B MOVE Dial LP 1033

The Metronome All Stars : Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Fats Navarro, tp; J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding, tb; Buddy De Franco, cl; Charlie Parker, as; Charlie Ventura, ts; Ernie Caceres, bs; Lennie Tristano, p; Billy Bauer, g; Eddie Safranski, b; Shelly Manne, d; Pete Rugolo, arr. cond.

New York, January 3, 1949.

D9-VB 0021 OVERTIME Victor 20-3361

Tadd Dameron and his Orchestra : Fats Navarro, tp; Kai Winding, tb; Sahib Shibab, as; Dexter Gordon, ts; Cecil Payne, bs; Tadd Dameron, p; Curley Russell, b; Kenny Clarke, d; Diego Ibarra, bgo; Vidal Bolado, cga; Rae Pearl, voc (-).

New York, January 18, 1949.

3391-3E SID'S DELIGHT Capitol 57-60006

3392-3E CASBAH (-1) Capitol 57-60006

Bud Powell's Modernists : Fats Navarro, tp; Sonny Rollins, ts; Bud Powell, p; Tommy Potters, b; Roy Haynes, d.

New York, August 8, 1949.

BN 360-2 BOUNCING WITH BUD Blue Note BLP 1503

BN 361-3 WAIL Blue Note BLP 1503

BN 362-2 DANCE OF THE INFIDELS Blue Note BLP 1503

BN 363-1 52ND STREET THEME Blue Note BLP 1503

Don Lanphere Quintet : Fats Navarro, tp; Don Lanphere, ts; Al Haig, p; Tommy Potter, b; Max Roach, d.

New York, September 20, 1949.

JRC 35-D WAILING WALL Prestige PR 819

JRC 36-BC GO Prestige PR 812

JRC 37-B INFATUATION Prestige PR 819

JRC 38-B STOP Prestige PR 812

Charlie Parker Quintet : Fats Navarro, tp; Charlie Parker, as; Bud Powell, p; Curley Russell, b; Art Blakey, d.

Broadcast "Birdland", New York, June 30, 1950.

NIGHT IN TUNISIA Grotto 495

DIZZY ATMOSPHERE Ozone 4