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Tadley Ewing Peake (Tadd) Dameron (February 21, 1917 – March 8, 1965) was an American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer. Dexter Gordon called Dameron the "romanticist" of the bop movement.

Early life and musical career

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Dameron was the most influential arranger of the bebop era, but also wrote charts for swing and hard bop players. The bands he arranged for included those of Count Basie, Artie Shaw, Jimmie Lunceford, Dizzy Gillespie, Billy Eckstine, and Sarah Vaughan. He wrote "If You Could See Me Now" for Sarah Vaughan and it became one of her first signature songs.
He also arranged and played for rhythm and blues star Bull Moose Jackson. Also playing for Jackson at the time was Benny Golson, who also was to become a celebrated jazz composer; Golson has said Dameron was the most important influence on his writing. Dameron composed several bop standards, including "Hot House," "Our Delight," "Good Bait," and "Lady Bird."

Discography

The Dameron Band (Featuring Fats Navarro) - 1948 - Blue Note
Anthropology - 1949 - Spotlite
A Study in Dameronia - 1953 - Prestige
Fontainebleau - 1956 - Prestige
Mating Call - 1956 - Prestige
The Magic Touch of Tadd Dameron - 1962 - Riverside

List of compositions

If You Could See Me Now
Ladybird
Hot House
Our Delight
Good Bait
Dameronia
Super Jet
Flossie Lou
Half Step Down, Please
Mating Call
On A Misty Night
Soultrane
Tadd's Delight
The Scene Is Clean
You're A Joy
Fontainbleau
Gnid
Romas

Late career and death

Dameron developed an addiction to narcotics toward the end of his career. He also suffered from cancer and had several heart attacks before he died at the age of 48 of cancer in 1965.

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