Kent Engelhardt & Stephen Enos
The Music Of Tadd Dameron
Madd For Tadd
Madd For Tadd is the renaissance of the music of Tadd Dameron featuring his lyrical melodies, colorful harmonies, and swinging rhythms in a modern setting created by Kent Engelhardt and Stephen Enos.
Cadence Jazz Magazine Top 10 Critics Poll 2023!
The music of Tadd Dameron for Harlan Leonard, Billy Eckstine, Fats Navarro, John Coltrane, and Blue Mitchell in beautiful new arrangements by Kent Engelhardt featuring exciting and expressive soloists.
Experience Tadd's lyrical melodies, colorful harmonies, and swinging rhythms in a modern setting created by Kent Engelhardt, Stephen Enos, and Madd For Tadd.
Testimonials
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I can’t believe all the noteworthy players on that CD with nice solos from everyone. I especially liked Dominick Farinacci and Tim Leahey. So lyrical and musical. And Michael Dease!
~ Bobby Shew - trumpeter
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Congratulations! Wow what a sound! What amazing music, and the recording quality is awesome too! It is a great package. You guys are killing it out there. Tadd Dameron would be proud!!!
~ Jerry Bergonzi - tenor saxophonist
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I received the MADD FOR TADD album and want to congratulate you on a wonderful project! It’s great to hear these Dameron tunes I’ve never heard and played by the Cleveland (and other) “Cats!” So, kudos to Steve, Kent and the entire roster of players.
~ John Clayton - bassist, composer, arranger, co-leader Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra
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This speaks to me in my language. These guys have done a high quality job in every respect. I only know a couple of them (Jim Rupp and Brad Goode), from a short moment in Cleveland many years ago. My congratulations (from someone who, while not quite a full-fledged fellow Clevelander, lived there as a school kid from 1946-52). Thanks for posting this. It has meaning for me, and that’s not something I experience often.
~ Chuck Israels – bassist, composer, arranger