Fats Navarro • Nostalgia

 

Review from AllMusic:
Taken from three different, late-'40s sessions, Nostalgia features Navarro in the fine company of bebop stars like Dexter Gordon, Tadd Dameron, and Art Blakey. While looser sounding than the legendary sides the trumpeter cut for Blue Note, the tracks here still include the usual bevy of sharp Navarro solos, plus stellar contributions by all involved. The first session with tenor saxophonist Charlie Rouse (one of the earliest recordings of the future Monk sideman), Dameron, and Blakey, finds Navarro mixing poised and fluid solo work with more intense high-note statements, demonstrating his masterful blend of both Miles Davis' cool approach and Dizzy Gillespie's incendiary technique. The highlights continue with four more cuts from a Dexter Gordon-led session from 1947, which adheres to the brief head statement and round of solos mode used on the earlier cuts. Dameron returns on piano, nicely comping behind Gordon's already distinct solo work and more of Navarro's pearl-like horn lines. The disc ends with a date led by honking tenor man Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, which, while less intriguing than the other sessions, still swings mightily with a mix of bebop and R&B flavored tunes. Nostalgia is worthy of any jazz collection and certainly is an essential title from the bebop era.
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Resena de AllMusic:
Tomado de tres sesiones diferentes de finales de los anos 40, Nostalgia presenta a Navarro en la distinguida compania de estrellas del bebop como Dexter Gordon, Tadd Dameron y Art Blakey. Aunque suena mas suelto que los legendarios temas que el trompetista grabo para Blue Note, los tracks aqui incluyen la habitual profusion de afilados solos de Navarro, mas contribuciones estelares de todos los involucrados. La primera sesion con el saxofonista tenor Charlie Rouse (una de las primeras grabaciones del futuro colaborador de Monk), Dameron y Blakey, muestra a Navarro combinando un trabajo en solitario sereno y fluido con declaraciones de notas altas mas intensas, demostrando su magistral mezcla del enfoque cool de Miles Davis y la tecnica incendiaria de Dizzy Gillespie. Los momentos destacados continuan con cuatro temas mas de una sesion liderada por Dexter Gordon en 1947, que se adhiere al breve enunciado del tema y la ronda de solos utilizada en los cortes anteriores. Dameron regresa al piano, acompanando eficazmente el ya distintivo trabajo solista de Gordon y mas lineas de trompeta nacaradas de Navarro. El disco termina con una fecha liderada por el tronante Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, que, si bien es menos intrigante que las otras sesiones, sigue swingueando con fuerza con una mezcla de bebop y temas de sabor R&B. Nostalgia merece un lugar en cualquier coleccion de jazz y es sin duda un titulo esencial de la era del bebop.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/nostalgia-mw0000603040

Tracks:
1 - Nostalgia
2 - Barry's Bop
3 - Be Bop Romp
4 - Fats Blows
5 - Dextivity
6 - Dextrose
7 - Dexter's Mood
8 - Index
9 - Stealing Trash
10 - Hollerin' and Screamin'
11 - Fracture
12 - Calling Dr. Jazz


Credits:
Tracks 1-4 (Fats Navarro Quintet, December 5, 1947):
Fats Navarro - Trumpet
Charlie Rouse - Tenor Saxophone
Tadd Dameron - Piano
Nelson Boyd - Bass
Art Blakey - Drums

Tracks 5-8 (Dexter Gordon Quintet, December 22, 1947):
Fats Navarro - Trumpet
Dexter Gordon - Tenor Saxophone
Tadd Dameron - Piano
Nelson Boyd - Bass
Art Mardigan - Drums

Tracks 9-12 (Eddie Davis and His Beboppers, December 18, 1946):
Fats Navarro - Trumpet
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - Tenor Saxophone
Huey Long - Guitar
Al Haig - Piano
Gene Ramey - Bass
Denzil Best - Drums

Label: Savoy Records MG-12133
Country: US
Released: 1958
Genre: Jazz
Style: Bebop
Duration: 34:52

Sources:
https://www.allmusic.com/album/nostalgia-mw0000603040
https://www.discogs.com/master/661344-Fats-Navarro-Nostalgia-Fats-Navarro-Memorial-No-2
https://irom.wordpress.com/2015/08/04/doc-wendells-prescription-for-fat-girl-fats-navarro-memorial-no-2-nostalgia-savoy/

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