The Magic Touch is a 1962 album by jazz pianist and arranger Tadd Dameron and His Orchestra, released on Riverside Records. It was also Dameron's final completed work before his death three years later.
| The Magic Touch | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1962 | |||
| Recorded | New York, February – April, 1962 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Riverside / Original Jazz Classics | |||
| Producer | Orrin Keepnews | |||
| Tadd Dameron chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| DownBeat |   [1] |
| AllMusic |  [2] |
| New Record Mirror | [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [4] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [5] |
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."[2]
The album has since been reissued many times on Original Jazz Classics.[2]
Reception
editIn his DownBeat 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."[1]
Track listing
editAll songs composed by Dameron except where noted.
- "On a Misty Night"
- "Fontainebleau"
- "Just Plain Talkin'"
- "If You Could See Me Now" (Dameron, Sigman)
- "Our Delight"
- "Dial B for Beauty"
- "Look, Stop and Listen "
- "Bevan's Birthday"
- "You're a Joy"
- "Swift as the Wind"
Personnel
edit- 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 (tracks 4, 9)
Production
edit- Ken Deardoff - Design
- Phil DeLancie - Digital Remastering
- Ray Fowler - Engineer
- Joe Goldberg - Liner Notes
- Orrin Keepnews - Producer
- Steve Schapiro - Photography
References
edit- ^ a b DownBeat, September 27, 1962, Vol. 29, No. 25.
- ^ a b c Nastos, Michael G. "The Magic Touch of Tadd Dameron Review" at AllMusic.
- ^ Griffiths, David (29 June 1963). "Tadd Dameron: The Magic Touch" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 120. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 56. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 328. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.