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