Theodore "Fats" Navarro (09/24/23 - 07/07/) played with such dazzling facility and brash-toned bravura that he was ranked alongsideDizzy Gillespie as one of bop's greatest trumpeters, though a fatal bout of tuberculosis ended his life at the age of 26. Navarro pyrotechnic playing was documented at the peak of his career on landmark Savoy sessions as both a leader and sideman from and sideman from 1946 and 1947.

FEATURES:

EDDIE "LOCKJAW" DAVIS
CHARLIE ROUSE
ERNIE HENRY
LEO PARKER
TADD DAMERON
AL HAIG
HUEY LONG
GENE RAMEY
CURLY RUSSELL
NELSON BOYD
DENZIL BEST
KENNY CLARKE
ART BLAKEY

TRACKS:

01. Nostalgia
02. Goin' To Minton's
03. The Tadd Walk
04. Just A Mystery
05. Fracture
06. Fat Girl
07. A Be Bop Carroll
08. Ice Freezes Red
09. Calling Dr. Jazz
10. Hollerin' & Screamin'
11. Barry's Bop
12. Stealing Trash
13. Be Bop Romp
14. Red Pepper
15. Spinal
16. Maternity
17. Fats Blows
18. Eb Pob