Fontainebleau | ||||
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Released | 1956 | |||
Recorded | March 9, 1956[1]Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 30:58 | |||
Label | Prestige[2] | |||
Tadd Dameron chronology | ||||
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Fontainebleau is a 1956 album by jazz musician Tadd Dameron.[3][4] 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".[5]
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [6] |
MusicHound Jazz | [7] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [8] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [9] |
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz | [10] |
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."[6]
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."[11]
All tracks composed by Tadd Dameron.
Recorded March 9, 1956, at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey.