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@Dominos-el7qr5 ай бұрын
He's one of those musicians you only have to listen to once, you know immediately he was great.
@williemakeit23464 ай бұрын
💯💯💯💯💯
@johnnyblue110115 күн бұрын
“Nostalgia” is such a great and swinging tune played beautifully by Navarro
@normalivia5557Күн бұрын
the great Fats! he deserves more exposition like in this video, thanx!
@michaeldean93384 ай бұрын
Thanks SO MUCH for this . Fats is still very much underrated.
@williemakeit23464 ай бұрын
For anyone who actually takes the time to hear this giant’s playing and still underrate him is absolutely ridiculous.
@michaeldean93384 ай бұрын
@@williemakeit2346 Dare I say it? Absolutely!
@josesanchez-os7zr5 ай бұрын
The great Clifford Brown was the most important follower of Fats Navarro's style. Unfortunately they both died too young.
@timburns59675 ай бұрын
@4:22 that looks alot Clifford Brown.
@williemakeit23465 ай бұрын
@@timburns5967 because it is Clifford Brown. Apparently the uploader can’t tell Fats and Clifford apart.
@thomasespositio3139Ай бұрын
they indeed did ,Lee Morgan as well and I guess we should mention Booker Little,all 4 better technical trumpet players than Miles
@josesanchez-os7zrАй бұрын
@@thomasespositio3139 Lee Morgan and a little before Donald Byrd, are descendants of this branch that began in Navarro and continued by Brown. Booker Little was something else, he was a "Rare avis" that unfortunately also died very young and barely left us a sign of where he could have gone. As for Miles, I think he was a genius in musical instinct. He had a sensitivity and an intuition that was ten years ahead of everyone else. He was a great trumpeter, he had his own sound, but he was not a technical trumpeter.
@thomasespositio3139Ай бұрын
@@josesanchez-os7zr don';t have nearly as much Fats stuff as I do Brownie+ Lee, Lee is my favorite of the bunch, I knew the lineage of Fats,Brownie and Lee ,Donald Byrd is always sweet to listen to as, have a lot of prestige stuff with Donald and some Blue Note,beautiful player Christo Redentor
@schrisdellopoulos92445 ай бұрын
I have the Fabulous Fat Navarro BLP 1532 Vol. 2. It swings just as much as any Dizzy record I own. It's a beautiful thing.
@brucescott42615 ай бұрын
@schrisdellopoulos9244 ...I have FATS NAVARRO MEMORIAL (Blue Note BLP 5004), THE FABULOUS FATS NAVARRO VOLUMES 1 AND 2 (Blue Note BLP 1531 and BLP 1532), FATS NAVARRO MEMORIAL (Savoy MG-12011), NOSTALGIA (Savoy MG-12133), and several others.
@dwayneclemons54975 ай бұрын
Fats Navarro is my boyhood idol and hero. As a trumpet player I am, I wanted to be like Fats Navarro in too many ways, including Fats sense for melody, ideas, all conveyed with such a beautiful sound and even a trace of cynicism. Unfortunately, I even wanted to emulate Fats in some of the rather destructive, unhealthy ways. Not that I'd blame Fats, Bird, nor anyone else for my addiction. Which I think would be an irresponsible thing to do. Suffice it to say that, in spite of my 30-plus years of active addiction, I now have 12 years of being drug and alcohol free, a day at a time. I got to meet Fats sister and daughter, back in 2002, in New York at the Jazz Standard. It was a special event in honor of Fats Navarro, corelated with a headstone that was finally put onto his grave, more than 50 years his passing. Fats final resting place is at a cemetery in Linden, New Jersey. It's to my understanding that his daughter had since passed away. I think she'd passed away about 7 years ago. I'm quite sure exactly when, but it's been within the last 10 years. I have no updates on his sister. I remember Fats Navarro sister looking a hell of a lot younger than I'd ever imagine. She had salt and pepper hair. But her face and the rest of her looked so youthful, that I was almost taken aback. One thing: Those live, private recordings with Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, et. al. were actually at "Cafe Society", on May 30, 1950 not "Birdland", on June 30, 1950, as it has always been mistakenly documented. Just I'd thought that you would want to know that. Thanks a million for this wonderful dedication to Fats Navarro!
@jazzhonk215 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing your memories.
@williemakeit23465 ай бұрын
Dwayne, I’ve heard you play at various sessions back in the day at St. Nick’s Pub and numerous other now defunct spots in Harlem. You immediately stood out from the rest of the trumpet players I’d hear at that time. You were playing the real language as played by Fats, Howard McGhee, and the like with that big sound. You and James Zollar were my favorites. Cheers.
@dwayneclemons54975 ай бұрын
@@williemakeit2346 what a kind thing to say! Thank you! Thanks a million!
@williemakeit23465 ай бұрын
@@dwayneclemons5497 my pleasure Brother. Wishing you continued health and many more glorious notes to ring from your horn!
@FlintFandango5 ай бұрын
Great video, thanks again! I´d like to suggest a story about Pharoah Sanders, because he´s one of my favourite musicians.
@retromusings5 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for this fantastic video!
@michalisxenopoulos21925 ай бұрын
Great channel, great episode. Recently discovered Sonny Simmons, avant-garde altoist, eventful life. Would love an episode on him. Thanks for your work.
@Bird_Coltrane_Monk_Dizzy11134 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for this! For years I’ve talked about Fats and how a LOT of people seem to overlook him….Fats to Clifford, both of whom had so much ahead; gone too soon. But at least we have some recordings 🙏🏼 nice work
@williamgregory18482 ай бұрын
It’s a damn shame Fats was only 26 when he died 😢
@raepaul81585 ай бұрын
Great piece, thank you !
@MarvelousMaxter5 ай бұрын
Fats Navarro... have a BN repressing of Prime Source. Wish he recorded more ballads but his recording career has given more than enough material to learn from his style. Getting the 4 CD collection, The Fats Navarro Story really gives a good biographical view of his career. His highs, his lows. It's grim to hear the once bold playing and extravagant range of his dwindle (Check out the sonny rollins/fats/bud session featuring tunes like wail and 52nd st, and a separate session of casbah - a contrafact of out of nowhere - where he struggles to hit the high notes he aimed for in his solo) due to his drug use. On the final CD in this collection contains a "birdland" bootleg that IIRC is the last recorded instance of fats, he plays a night in tunisia and dizzy atmosphere most notably. Those recordings are special as Fats gives a glimpse of what was, and what couldve been. His style was the cornerstone and influenced many of his musical acquaintances. Even Miles Davis, check out his Tadd Dameron recordings, especially Good Bait. Fats Navarro's sound lives on.
@filipcapalija4545 ай бұрын
I love your videos so much ! Thank you !
@kevinsplinter85955 ай бұрын
Cool. Thanks for sharing.
@robertc.walker29345 ай бұрын
Listen to Fats!✌🏿🌟🎺
@donaldharrison80575 ай бұрын
Please add his playing to the background of this video. I love Navarro.
@onetrackjazz5 ай бұрын
If your asking me to use his music, it's not allowed because it's copyrighted
@condocord75445 ай бұрын
Superb narrative! A+++double plus!
@GjaP_2422 ай бұрын
Beautiful voice, excellent narrative!
@GjaP_2422 ай бұрын
Theodore "Fats" Navarro was an American jazz trumpeter. One of the greatest jazz trumpeters of all time, Fats had a tragically brief career, but his influence is still felt. 0:40
@GjaP_2422 ай бұрын
His legacy lives on today in the form of recordings and in the lives of those lucky enough to have known him. 8:35
@alexpavchinski5 ай бұрын
One of the first guys to play a maj7 a whole step down over a dominant.
@dextergilford83365 ай бұрын
Even the B flat over a G7? I’m really happy bettered in this approach. What BBC about the B natural, the 3rd of the G7?
@williemakeit23464 ай бұрын
Fats was way ahead man. On one cut I heard him do this descending fourth pattern in whole step motion over a turnaround, sounding straight out of the playbook from which Woody Shaw would operate 30 years later! I’ll double back and post the link once I find it again.
@ozzyduzenli2 ай бұрын
@@williemakeit2346did you manage to find that recording?
@williemakeit23462 ай бұрын
@@ozzyduzenli sure did bro kzfaq.info/get/bejne/beBhoMRnxsreqKs.htmlsi=4kj80jqj6Rb39nL9
@spellerlittlewingАй бұрын
Great video Do one in John Hicks
@casimir91855 ай бұрын
Keep up the videos they're a great watch
@enricosenno77675 ай бұрын
Please cover Ted Dameron . Cheers
@steves15883 ай бұрын
Tadd not ted.....Jazz Arranger
@CaiusV.5 ай бұрын
Thank you ❤
@mr.anonymousii26545 ай бұрын
Can you do a story on Woody Shaw?
@alejandrosoza8006Ай бұрын
I’ve always liked Fats over Dizzy. I think Dizz hasn’t been so influential in the language as other jazz legends of his stature.
@enricosenno77675 ай бұрын
Love Fats❤
@dwayneclemons54975 ай бұрын
The picture, at 7:05, is the only picture from this collection, that I've never seen before. I wonder what the details are. Were and when? And who is that standing next to Fats?
@williemakeit23465 ай бұрын
In actuality Fats had more polish at least in terms of tone than Dizzy.
@williemakeit23465 ай бұрын
Good biography video on Fats but SHAME on you for not being able to tell him apart from Clifford Brown and put up a picture of Brown in his place at 4:23. 👎🏾👎🏾👎🏾👎🏾👎🏾
@hildacolon58225 ай бұрын
I think he was named Fat Girl because of a song he wrote - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/beBhoMRnxsreqKs.htmlsi=LLvKJoX7jFn5zmpr
@josephgutkowski20595 ай бұрын
Miles Davis is not a great trumpet player, he's A great musician, yes ,but when compared to greats like, woody shaw, Lee morgan, Clifford brown, booker little, Freddie hubbard, Charles tolliver, Carmell jones, Kenny dorham, Richard Williams. Miles was way out of their league. He ruined what technique he had by using a cornet mouth piece to play the trumpet. An innovative talent, he was involved in the creation of three types of jazz innovations. Bop, modal and fusion. Not a great trumpet player but in his prime he was very good.
@williemakeit23465 ай бұрын
Like so many others who lazily bash Miles as a trumpeter, your comments show that you have no idea what you’re talking about. Miles did not use a cornet mouthpiece on his trumpet, it wouldn’t even fit if he tried. He played a Guatat #2 mouthpiece which was a trumpet mouthpiece with a deep French Horn like cup. Others including Clark Terry, Wallace Roney and Roy Hargrove have played on that piece too. There are plenty recordings from all eras of Miles’s career where he’s playing just as well as any of the others you’ve named. Miles was in and out of the hospital throughout the majority of his adult life due to sickle cell anemia, diabetes, and an endless array of surgeries he had to get over the decades. So of course he wasn’t always able to practice and keep his chops in impeccable shape. But when he managed to stay healthy long enough his tone, his range, his power, and his speed were phenomenal. Do your homework and check out his 1949 Paris radio recordings with Tad Dameron or check him out on “Overtime (long take)” where he’s trading 4s with DIZ AND FATS and keeping up with the both of them with his ideas his speed and his range. Check him out on the Cellar Door recordings from 1970 where he had some of the strongest technique ever heard on trumpet.
@willieluncheonette58435 ай бұрын
That's like saying Monk was not a great piano player cause he didn't have the technique of Tatum. Both are great pianists.
@brucescott42615 ай бұрын
@williemakeit2346 ...Miles Dewey Davis III couldn't out play Birks, Fats, Maggie, Kenny, Clark, Art, Brownie, Chet, Mogie, Donald, Hub, Booker, Richard Williams, Woody, etc. The list is extremely long. Now, I love Miles! But, that fusing/rock nonsense didn't excite me at all. Brownie shut Miles down as well. I was told constantly told about Clifford Benjamin Brown, Sr. I met Edward Lee Morgan when I was fifteen years old. Navarro, and Charlie Shavers were cousins.
@williemakeit23465 ай бұрын
@@brucescott4261 I don’t care if you met Donald Duck. Who you met doesn’t impress me. Neither does your inaccurate statement on whom you think Miles couldn’t outplay. Let’s hear Art Farmer or Chet Baker take a solo on par with what Miles did on some of those live clips with his mid/late 60’s quintet. ESPECIALLY not Art Farmer whom I also love. Donald Byrd had his ups and downs as a player too thanks to Bells Palsy. Chet had his ups and downs too especially after the beating he took to his mouth by those goons. Miles did mighty damn good for a trumpeter who spent most his adult life in and out of hospitals several times a year.
@williemakeit23465 ай бұрын
@@brucescott4261 do your homework on Miles before you parrot the tired nonsense that he wasn’t a dangerous man on trumpet. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jrdjqtN30KmqY4E.htmlsi=7PZ9ZeiTOfUBl3qR
@mindjob5 ай бұрын
Miles wasn’t the GOAT because of how fast he could play
@williemakeit23465 ай бұрын
And for the record, Miles could play as fast and intricate as anybody else. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pbqfhNmrq7Lchas.htmlsi=jbhPFz8o7HmyqFu_