Fats Bud-Klook-Sonny-Kinney

Fats Bud-Klook-Sonny-Kinney, also titled in some releases as Memorial, is an album by Fats Navarro for Savoy Records that was released posthumously.^[1][2]

Fats Bud-Klook-Sonny-Kinney
Studio album by Fats Navarro
Released	1955
Recorded	September 6, 1946; October 28, 1947
Genre	Bebop
Length	44:47
Label	Savoy
Fats Navarro chronology
Modern Jazz Trumpets (1951) Fats Bud-Klook-Sonny-Kinney (1955) The Fabulous Fats Navarro, Vol. 1 (1957)

Reception

Jazz critic Stephen Cook described the album as "essential" and described it as "one of several incredible sessions Navarro was able to produce in just over a two-year period during the late '40s."^[1]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Stitt unless otherwise stated

1. "Boppin' a Riff" – 5:31
2. "Fat Boy" (Navarro) – 5:41
3. "Be-Bop Carol" (Tadd Dameron) – 2:56
4. "Gone With the Wind" (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) – 3:08
5. "Serenade to a Square" (Bud Powell) – 2:33
6. "Good Kick" – 2:36
7. "Everything's Cool" – 5:48
8. "Webb City" (Powell) – 5:36
9. "Tadd Walk" (Dameron) – 2:50
10. "That Someone Must Be You" (Earl Hardy) – 2:59
11. "Seven Up" – 2:27
12. "Blues in Bebop" (Kenny Dorham) – 2:42

Personnel

• Fats Navarro – trumpet
• Kenny Dorham – trumpet
• Sonny Stitt – alto saxophone
• Ernie Henry – alto saxophone
• Morris Lane – tenor saxophone
• Eddie DeVerteuil – baritone saxophone
• Bud Powell – piano
• Tadd Dameron – piano
• Curley Russell – bass
• Al Hall – bass
• Kenny Clarke – drums
• Kay Penton – vocal
• Gil Fuller – arranger^[2]

References

1. Fats Navarro - Memorial: Fats - Bud - Klook - Sonny - Kinney Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-12-28
2. "Fats Navarro Discography". www.jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 2023-12-28.