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The Magic Touch (Tadd Dameron album)

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Released
  
1962

Producer
  
Orrin Keepnews

Genre
  
Jazz

Release date
  
1962

Label
  
Riverside Records

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Recorded
  
New York, February - April, 1962

Artist
  
Tadd Dameron and his Orchestra

Similar
  
Fontainebleau, Mating Call, Portrait of Cannonball, A Sure Thing, Smooth as the Wind

On a misty night


The Magic Touch is a 1962 album by jazz arranger Tadd Dameron and His Orchestra, released on Riverside Records.

Contents

The Allmusic Review of the line-up says that "one has to be in awe of them, and that only Dameron was able to convene such a band of extraordinary jazz performers in their prime."

The album has since been reissued many times on Original Jazz Classics, most recently in 2008.

Dial b for beauty


Reception

In his Down Beat magazine review critic John S. Wilson awarded the album three stars and wrote: "Although Dameron's arrangements are, for the most part, designed as settings for soloists, neither the soloists nor the arrangements generate much interest."

Track listing

All songs composed by Dameron except where noted.

  1. "On a Misty Night"
  2. "Listen Now!"
  3. "Just Plain Talkin'"
  4. "If You Could See Me Now" (Dameron, Sigman)
  5. "Our Delight"
  6. "Dial B for Beauty"
  7. "Look, Stop and Listen "
  8. "Bevan's Birthday"
  9. "You're a Joy "
  10. "Swift as the Wind"

Personnel

  • Tadd Dameron - Piano, Arranger, Conductor
  • Clark Terry - Trumpet
  • Ernie Royal - Trumpet
  • Charlie Shavers - Trumpet
  • Joe Wilder - Trumpet
  • Jimmy Cleveland - Trombone
  • Britt Woodman - Trombone
  • Julius Watkins - French Horn
  • Jerry Dodgion - Alto Sax, Flute
  • Leo Wright - Alto Sax, Flute
  • Jerome Richardson - Tenor Sax, Flute
  • Johnny Griffin - Tenor Sax
  • Tate Houston - Baritone Sax
  • Bill Evans - Piano
  • Ron Carter - Bass
  • George Duvivier - Bass
  • Philly Joe Jones - Drums
  • Barbara Winfield - Vocals
  • Production

  • Ken Deardoff - Design
  • Phil DeLancie - Digital Remastering
  • Ray Fowler - Engineer
  • Joe Goldberg - Liner Notes
  • Orrin Keepnews - Producer
  • Steve Schapiro - Photography
  • Steve Shapiro - Photography
  • Songs

    1On a Misty Night2:59
    2Fontainebleau4:11
    3Just Plain Talkin'4:54

    References

    The Magic Touch (Tadd Dameron album) Wikipedia