DAMERON, TADLEY EWING (TADD
). Jazz pianist/Arranger ( in Cleveland, Ohio; in New York, New York). Mostly self-taught, he learned music fundamentals from his brother Caesar, a saxophonist. He began his professional career with
Freddie Webster
, then later played with Zack White and
Blanche Calloway
. He began arranging for bands early in his career and was one of the first jazzmen to write and arrange for bebop groups, among them,
John (Dizzy
) Gillespie...