| The Magic Touch | ||||
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| 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 | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| DownBeat |   |
| AllMusic |  |
| New Record Mirror | |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | |
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.
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."
The album has since been reissued many times on Original Jazz Classics.
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."
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
- ^ DownBeat, September 27, 1962, Vol. 29, No. 25.
- ^ 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.