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Genre
  
Jazz

Albums
  
Live At The T.b.b. Paris

Record label
  
Soul Note

Similar
  
Philly Joe Jones Dameronia, Don Sickler, Charles Davis, Larry Ridley, Tadd Dameron

Ferit odman dameronia with strings on a misty night


Dameronia was the name of a bebop jazz ensemble founded by Don Sickler and Philly Joe Jones in the 1980s that featured the original compositions and arrangements of Tadd Dameron. They recorded three albums, two for Uptown Records and the other for Soul Note Records, and continued to perform even after Jones' death in 1985. The nonet, which included several of the composer's colleagues, attempted to create an "historically accurate" representation of Dameron's music.

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Ferit odman dameronia with strings look stop listen


Personnel

The original line-up included:

  • Johnny Coles, fluegelhorn
  • Don Sickler, trumpet, conducting, additional arranging;
  • Britt Woodman, trombone;
  • Charles Davis, Frank Wess and Cecil Payne, saxophones
  • Walter Davis Jr., piano
  • Larry Ridley, bass
  • "Philly" Joe Jones, drums
  • Don Sickler and John Oddo, transcription
  • Later configurations included:

  • Virgil Jones, trumpet
  • Benny Powell, trombone
  • Clifford Jordan, tenor saxophone
  • Kenny Washington, drums (after Jones's passing)
  • Performances

    Dameronia performed at various jazz clubs, concert halls and festivals, debuting in Greenwich Village at Lush Life in 1982. In 1988 Dameronia was featured in a concert at Jazz at Lincoln Center entitled "The Music of Tadd Dameron". The opening act was an all-star quartet featuring Tommy Flanagan, George Mraz, Kenny Washington and Charlie Rouse.

    Discography

  • 1982 To Tadd With Love
  • 1983 Look Stop and Listen (with Johnny Griffin)
  • 1989 Live at the Theatre Boulogne
  • Songs

    Philly JjLive At The Tbb Paris · 1994
    Mating CallLive At The Tbb Paris · 1994
    Hot HouseLive At The Tbb Paris · 1994

    References

    Dameronia Wikipedia


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