The Magic Touch (album)

The Magic Touch
The Magic Touch
Studio album by Tadd Dameron
Released	1962
Recorded	New York, February – April, 1962
Genre	Jazz
Label	Riverside / Original Jazz Classics
Producer	Orrin Keepnews
Tadd Dameron chronology

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.

Professional ratings
Review scores
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

In 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

All 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

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

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

References

^ ^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.

[Down_Beat-1] DownBeat, September 27, 1962, Vol. 29, No. 25.

[allmusic-2] Nastos, Michael G. "The Magic Touch of Tadd Dameron Review" at AllMusic.

[3] 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.

[RSJRG-4] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 56. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[Penguin-5] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 328. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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