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1956 studio album by Tadd Dameron
Fontainebleau
Studio album by Tadd Dameron
Released1956
RecordedMarch 9, 1956, Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length30:58
LabelPrestige
Tadd Dameron chronology
A Study in Dameronia
(1956) 		Fontainebleau
(1956) 		Mating Call
(1956)

Fontainebleau is a 1956 album by jazz musician Tadd Dameron. 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".

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Disc
MusicHound Jazz
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz

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."

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."

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

References

  1. Yanow, Scott (2000). Bebop - Scott Yanow - Google Books. ISBN 9780879306083. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
  2. Scarrow, Simon (5 October 2001). The Rough Guide to Jazz - Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather, Brian Priestley, Charles Alexander - Google Books. ISBN 9780312278700. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
  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 (22 February 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.
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