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PAUL COMBS: UNKNOWN DAMERON, from SUMMIT was selected in the top ten CDs of 2019<\/a> critic’s poll in Cadence Magazine<\/a>. It also made Scott Yanow’s Top 25 list in LA Jazz Scene<\/a>
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9\/22\/19 – 7 weeks on the<\/span> Jazz Week top 50<\/a>!<\/h5>\n

Tadd Dameron (2\/21\/1917 \u2013 3\/8\/1965) is a man relatively unknown to most jazz fans today. As an arranger and composer his work was largely in the background, and except for a few years in the late 1940\u2019s, he was not a band leader or recording artist per se<\/em>. However, \"\"<\/a>the impact of those few years gives us some insight as to his importance. From 1947 to 1950, he recorded music that inspired, indeed showed the way, for Horace Silver, Benny Golson, Frank Foster, Gigi Gryce, and Quincy Jones, as well as several European musicians. He also had a direct personal influence on many younger musicians of the time, including Sarah Vaughan, Miles Davis, Charlie Rouse, and Benny Golson. He has contributed at least eight classics to the Jazz Canon: \u201cGood Bait,\u201d \u201cHot House,\u201d \u201cIf You Could See Me Now,\u201d \u201cLady Bird,\u201d \u201cOn A Misty Night,\u201d \u201cOur Delight,\u201d \u201cSoultrane,\u201d and \u201cTadd\u2019s Delight,\u201d<\/p>\n

As a result of the research for my book on Dameron, Dameronia – the Life and Music of Tadd Dameron, I uncovered many more works by this important musician beyond the eight for which he is generally known; some on rare recordings, others in copyright \"\"<\/a>deposits, and still others in scores tucked away in various libraries. It was my hope to share as much of this music as possible. To this end I organized a quintet devoted to playing the music I had found. In the end, the original idea of a two CD set had to be abandoned due to copyright complications, and a general lack of resources. Fortunately, after I moved to San Diego, Ken Poston, fellow researcher and now general manager of KSDS \/Jazz 88.org – one of the world\u2019s premier jazz radio stations – asked me if I would like to perform Tadd\u2019s music on one of their live broadcast concerts. We settled on, as it turned out, Dameron\u2019s 100th birthday, February 21, 2017. This garnered the interest and support of Summit Records, and made this recording possible.<\/p>\n

Reviews<\/span><\/h3>\n
Paul Combs: Unknown Dameron<\/a><\/h5>\n
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By Raul da Gama<\/a>\u00a0–
“At just over hour long the single disc is packed with twelve unrecorded and seldom played gems by the inimitable composer and arranger Tadd Dameron.” (Full review<\/a>)<\/div>\n
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Tadd Dameron In The Rarified Realm of Music<\/a><\/h5>\n
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By Raul da Gama<\/a>\u00a0–
“Mr Combs also finally recorded his homage to Mr Dameron by unearthing a host of rare gems from the composer\u2019s songbook. Although not as complete as he would have liked it to be Unknown Dameron<\/strong><\/em><\/a> (Summit Records, 2019) is a masterful production and includes not simply rarities but completely unheard and certainly unrecorded music by the inimitable composer.” (Full article<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Paul Combs: Unknown Dameron<\/a><\/h5>\n
By Mark Meyers – June 19, 2019<\/div>\n
“For those who love Dameron’s work, Combs’s album is rather miraculous. How lucky are we that Combs went the extra distance to pull loose virtually unknown Dameron compositions, form groups to play them, rehearse tirelessly and record only when the music was perfect. I can’t wait to hear Combs’s next Dameron recording, if Summit is willing.” (Full review<\/a>)<\/div>\n
L\u2019Appeal Du Disque – Juin 2019: PAUL COMBS . Unknown Dameron<\/a><\/h5>\n

By Yves Dorison – June 11, 2019<\/p>\n

“Serait-ce le disque de jazz mainstream de cet Appeal du disque<\/i> ? Oui. De qui parlons-nous donc ? De Tadley Ewing Peake Dameron, plus commun\u00e9ment pr\u00e9nomm\u00e9 Tadd….De ces th\u00e8mes m\u00e9connus et toujours tr\u00e8s m\u00e9lodiques jou\u00e9s par le saxophoniste et diff\u00e9rentes formations, on peut dire qu\u2019ils portent indubitablement la patte de l\u2019auteur et arrangeur brillant qu\u2019il fut.” (Full review is 2nd article<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Jazz Weekly – Paul Combs: Unknown Dameron<\/a><\/h5>\n
by George W. Harris<\/a><\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u2022\u00a0

“Saxist and arranger Paul Combs brings out obscure and previously unrecorded Dameronia, and the result is a highly pleasing and wide ranging mix of clever melodies and grooves.” (Full review<\/a>)<\/p>\n

San Diego Troubadour – PAUL COMBS: Unknown Dameron<\/a><\/h5>\n

By\u00a0Paul Homicz<\/span>, September 2019<\/span><\/p>\n

“Combs chose a roster of top-notch musicians for this project, including pianist Bill Cunliffe. Their work on this recording is flawless.”<\/p>\n

LA Jazz Scene – Paul Combs Unknown Dameron (Summit), by Scott Yanow<\/a> – Nov. 2019<\/h5>\n

“Baritonist and altoist Paul Combs is the perfect person to perform a set of mostly unknown Tadd Dameron compositions. Combs is the author of the book Dameronia \u2013 the Life and Music of Tadd Dameron…. Anyone with even a slight interest in Tadd Dameron, bop or straight ahead jazz should pick up this significant release which is available from www.summitrecords.com<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

The New York City Jazz Record<\/a> – Unknown Dameron, Paul Combs (Summit Records), by Ken Dreyden<\/a>\u00a0(separate links)<\/h5>\n

“Combs\u2019 research and strong arrangements bear significant fruit throughout the CD and it is apparent that the musicians took time to get familiar with this forgotten music. Hopefully more Tadd Dameron gems will be revealed.”<\/p>\n

Sea Of Tranquility – Combs, Paul: Unknown Dameron, by Jon Neudorf<\/a><\/h5>\n

“Here is a musician (Paul Combs) paying respects to an artist he considers to be highly influential and largely ignored by many in the jazz community. I am talking about Tadd Dameron, arranger\/composer\/pianist who sadly passed away from cancer in 1965. Combs, an exceptional musician in his own right, became very interested in the work of Dameron and researched the musician rigorously for this project.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PAUL COMBS: UNKNOWN DAMERON, from SUMMIT was selected in the top ten CDs of 2019 critic’s poll in Cadence Magazine. It also made Scott Yanow’s Top 25 list in LA Jazz Scene 9\/22\/19 – 7 weeks on the Jazz Week top 50! Tadd Dameron (2\/21\/1917 \u2013 3\/8\/1965) is a man relatively unknown to most jazz … Continue reading Unknown Dameron Info<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1065,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1683","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulcombs.com\/Word_Press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulcombs.com\/Word_Press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulcombs.com\/Word_Press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulcombs.com\/Word_Press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulcombs.com\/Word_Press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1683"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/paulcombs.com\/Word_Press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1848,"href":"https:\/\/paulcombs.com\/Word_Press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1683\/revisions\/1848"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulcombs.com\/Word_Press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulcombs.com\/Word_Press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}