Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. 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.

The late Lowen and his music partner Navarro spent over 20 years writing and touring together. This is their story on 4 sides of two discs. This product contains bonus features including 200 minutes of interviews, rehearsal footage, live concerts, photos, rehearsal footage and a special montage of photos over a reading by Lowen of his article "Survival, Success and the End of the Road".