Fontainebleau (album)

Fontainebleau
Studio album by Tadd Dameron
Released	1956
Recorded	March 9, 1956, [1] Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	30:58
Label	Prestige [2]
Tadd Dameron chronology
A Study in Dameronia (1956) Fontainebleau (1956) Mating Call (1956)

Fontainebleau is a 1956 album by jazz musician Tadd Dameron. ^{[3] [4]} The title track, inspired by a trip to the French palace of the same name, is a through-composed composition with no solos, while "Flossie Lou" is a contrafact of "Jeepers Creepers". ^[5]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[6]
Disc	[7]
MusicHound Jazz	[8]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[9]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[10]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz	[11]

In a review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow wrote: "As is usual with most Dameron dates, the emphasis is on his inventive arrangements although there is space... for individual solos. Recommended." ^[6]

Marc Myers of JazzWax called Fontainebleau "one of the prettiest octet albums of the 1950s," and commented: "The players on the album come together well, as if carefully selected for their tones... For me, the album is as perfect as a panoramic landscape painting... The music is delicate and cohesive, and the solos celebrate the vistas that dazzle the eye." ^[12]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Tadd Dameron.

1. "Fontainebleau" – 4:48
2. "Delirium" – 5:00
3. "The Scene Is Clean" – 5:00
4. "Flossie Lou" – 4:50
5. "Bula-Beige" – 11:20

Recorded March 9, 1956, at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey.

Personnel

• Kenny Dorham – trumpet
• Henry Coker – trombone
• Cecil Payne - baritone saxophone
• Sahib Shihab – alto saxophone
• Joe Alexander – tenor saxophone
• Tadd Dameron – piano
• John Simmons – bass
• Shadow Wilson – drums

References

1. Yanow, Scott (2000). Bebop - Scott Yanow - Google Books. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN   9780879306083 . Retrieved May 14, 2020.
2. Scarrow, Simon (October 5, 2001). The Rough Guide to Jazz - Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather, Brian Priestley, Charles Alexander - Google Books. St. Martin's Press. ISBN   9780312278700 . Retrieved May 14, 2020.
3. Fontainebleau at AllMusic
4. "Jazz news: Tadd Dameron: Fontainebleau".
5. Combs, Paul (2012). Dameronia: The Life and Music of Tadd Dameron. The University of Michigan Press. pp. 135–137. ISBN   978-0-472-02881-8.
6. Allmusic review
7. Hall, Tony (February 22, 1958). "One of the few since Ellington". Disc . No. 3. p. 19.
8. Holtje, Steve; Lee, Nancy Ann (1998). MusicHound Jazz: The Essential Album Guide. Schirmer. p. 297.
9. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 328. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
10. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 56. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
11. Larkin, Colin, ed. (2004). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin Books. p. 222.
12. Myers, Marc (June 18, 2019). "Tadd Dameron: Fontainebleau". All About Jazz. Retrieved January 9, 2024.