Musician, born in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Mainly active in the 1940s, he was a pianist and bandleader, an arranger for Count Basie and Dizzy Gillespie, and the composer of several modern jazz standards.
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| Background information | ||
| Birth name | Tadley Ewing Peake Dameron | |
| Born | February 21, 1917 | |
| Origin | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Died | March 8, 1965 | |
| Genre(s) | Jazz | |
| Occupation(s) | musician, arranger, composer | |
| Instrument(s) | Piano | |
Tadley Ewing Peake (Tadd) Dameron (February 21, 1917 – March 8, 1965) was an American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer.
Discography
The Dameron Band (Featuring Fats Navarro) - 1948 - Blue Note Anthropology - 1949 - Spotlite A Study in Dameronia - 1953 - Prestige Fontainebleau - 1956 - Prestige Mating Call - 1956 - Prestige The Magic Touch of Tadd Dameron - 1962 - RiversideLate career and death
Dameron developed an addiction to narcotics toward the end of his career.
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