Dameronia: The Life and Music of Tadd Dameron

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Club 11, London, June 1949. Behind Tadd are two African-British jazz enthusiasts, one of whom, playing bongos or a small drum, is probably Chico Eyo, a Nigerian. Val Wilmer. © Val Wilmer Collection. Courtesy of David Chilver. Courtesy of the Institute of Jazz Studies. At home, 490 West End Ave., New York, May 1962. Photo by Val Wilmer, © Val Wilmer. Paris Jazz Festival, May 1949. Left to Right: Al Haig, Dameron, Bernard Peiffer, and British pianist Steve Race who attended the event to review it for the Musical Express. Val Wilmer. Photographer unknown. © Val Wilmer Collection. Dameron, age 23, as he went to work for Harlan Leonard. Courtesy of DownBeat. Courtesy of Frank Driggs. Tadd with one of Mia’s cats, Hotel Almac, New York, ca. December 1963. Courtesy of Mia Dameron. Melody Maker editor Ray Sonin with Margo and Tadd, London, June 1949. © Max Jones Collection. Courtesy of Val Wilmer and Max Jones. Telegram from Horace Silver, November 28, 1964. Courtesy of Mia Dameron. ...