The Magic Touch is a 1962 album by jazz pianist and arranger Tadd Dameron and His Orchestra, released on Riverside Records. It was also Dameron's final completed work before his passing three years later.
The Allmusic Review of the line-up says that "one has to be in awe of them, and that only Dameron was able to convene such a band of extraordinary jazz performers in their prime."
The album has since been reissued many times on Original Jazz Classics, most recently in 2008.
Reception
In his Down Beat magazine review critic John S. Wilson awarded the album three stars and wrote: "Although Dameron's arrangements are, for the most part, designed as settings for soloists, neither the soloists nor the arrangements generate much interest."
Track listing
All songs composed by Dameron except where noted. "On a Misty Night" "Fontainebleau" "Just Plain Talkin'" "If You Could See Me Now" (Dameron, Sigman) "Our Delight" "Dial B for Beauty" "Look, Stop and Listen " "Bevan's Birthday" "You're a Joy" "Swift as the Wind"
Personnel
Tadd Dameron - Piano, Arranger, Conductor
Clark Terry - Trumpet
Ernie Royal - Trumpet
Charlie Shavers - Trumpet
Joe Wilder - Trumpet
Jimmy Cleveland - Trombone
Britt Woodman - Trombone
Julius Watkins - French Horn
Jerry Dodgion - Alto Sax, Flute
Leo Wright - Alto Sax, Flute
Jerome Richardson - Tenor Sax, Flute
Johnny Griffin - Tenor Sax
Tate Houston - Baritone Sax
Bill Evans - Piano
Ron Carter - Bass
George Duvivier - Bass
Philly Joe Jones - Drums
Barbara Winfield - Vocals (tracks 4, 9)