Madlib Shades Of Blue
The prodigiously talented trumpeter Fats Navarro was a bebop innovator whose career was cut tragically short when he died in 1950 at age 26. As part of the 1500 series Blue Note later compiled this 12” LP with selections from various dates Fats had featured on from 1947–49 with the Tadd Dameron Sextet, Bud Powell Quintet, and the McGhee-Navarro Boptet.
BLUE NOTE CLASSIC VINYL EDITION: Stereo, mastered from a digital source by Kevin Gray, manufactured at Optimal (180 g), padded inner sleeves.
Tracklist:
A1. Introduction
A2. Slim’s Return
A3. Distant Land
A4. Mystic Bounce
B5. Stormy
B2. Blue Note Interlude
B3. Please Set Me At Ease
B4. Funky Blue Note
B5. Alfred Lion Interlude
C1. Stepping Into Tomorrow
C2. Andrew Hill Break
C3. Montara
D1. Song For My Father
D2. Footprints
Robert Glasper (piano); Vicente Archer (bass); Damion Reid (drums)