The prodigiously talented trumpeter Fats Navarro was a bebop innovator whose career was cuttragically short when he died in 1950 at age 26. As part of the 1500 series Blue Note latercompiled this 12 LP with selections from various dates Fats had featured on from 1947–49 withthe Tadd Dameron Sextet, Bud Powell Quintet, and the McGhee–Navarro Boptet. This Blue NoteClassic Vinyl Edition is mono, all–analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original masters, andpressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.