Dameron, Tadd, 1917-1965

LC control no.	n 92018429
Descriptive conventions	rda
LC classification	ML410.D147 Biography
Personal name heading	Dameron, Tadd, 1917-1965 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Dameron, Tad, 1917-1965 Dameron, Tadley Ewing, 1917-1965 Peake, Tadley Ewing, 1917-1965
Associated country	United States
Birth date	1917-02-21
Death date	1965-03-08
Place of birth	Cleveland (Ohio)
Place of death	New York (N.Y.)
Field of activity	Jazz
Affiliation	Oberlin College Rockets (Musical group : Harlan Leonard) Bab's Three Bips and a Bop Freddy Webster's band Bull Moose Jackson's rhythm-and-blues band
Profession or occupation	Composers Arrangers (Musicians) Pianists Jazz musicians
Found in	Big bags, p1989: container (Tadd Dameron) Tadd, 1998: t.p. (Tadley Ewing Dameron) jkt., front flap (Tadd Dameron; b. Tadley Ewing Peake, Feb. 21, 1917, Cleveland; d. March 8, 1965, New York; jazz musician: composer, arranger, pianist) Babs' 3 Bips and a Bop. Oop-pop-a-da [SR] 1947: label (Tad Dameron) American National Biography Online, accessed December 21, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Dameron, Tadd; Tadley Ewing Peake Dameron; bandleader, composer/ arranger, jazz musician; born 21 February 1917 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States; attended Oberlin College; became a singer with Freddy Webster's band (1938); hired by the Harlan Leonard Rockets (1940); wrote If You Could See Me Now for Sarah Vaughan (1946); wrote songs for Dizzy Gillespie, including Our Delight and Soulphony; appeared as a sideman on Gillespie's recording of Hot House (1945); made his performance debut as a bandleader with Babs Gonzales's Three Bips and a Bop (1946-1947); played with Navarro and Kenny Clarke; recorded The Chase Our Delight and Dameronia (all 1947); and Lady Bird Symphonette(1948); went with Miles Davis to the Paris Jazz Festival (1949); worked as a pianist and director of Bull Moose Jackson's rhythm-and-blues band (1951-1952); drug addiction grew out of control, however, and led to his imprisonment in 1958, was released in three years but did not become active as a musician and composer; died 08 March 1965 in New York, New York, United States)