Dameronia With Strings A celebration of the music of Tadd Dameron The Man Tadd Dameron (2/21/1917 – 3/8/1965) is a man relatively unknown to many today. As an arranger and composer his work was largely in the background, and except for a few years in the late 1940’s, he was not a band leader or recording artist per se. However, the impact of those few years gives us some insight as to his importance. From 1947 to 1950, he recorded music that inspired, indeed showed that way, for Horace Silver, Benny Golson, Frank Foster, Gigi Gryce, and Quincy Jones, as well as several European musicians. He also had a direct personal influence on many younger musicians of the time, including Sarah Vaughan, Miles Davis, Charlie Rouse, and Benny Golson. He has contributed at least seven classics to the Jazz Canon, four of which are included in this recording, and he left us many more great melodies, some of which make up the balance of this project. Dameron...