{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Fathead Comes On | type = Studio | artist = Dave Newman | cover = Fathead Comes On.jpg | alt = | released = 1962 | recorded = May 3 and December 9, 1961 <br><small>NYC</small> | venue = | studio = Atlantic Recording Studios, NYC | genre = Jazz | length = 32:51 | label = Atlantic<br><small>SD 1399</small> | producer = Nesuhi Ertegun | chronology = Dave Newman | prev_title = Straight Ahead | prev_year = 1960 | next_title = House of David | next_year = 1967 }} '''''Fathead Comes On''''' is an album by American saxophonist Dave Newman featuring performances recorded in 1961 for the Atlantic label.<ref>[http://www.jazzdisco.org/atlantic-records/catalog-1300-series/#1399 Atlantic Records Catalog: 1300 series] accessed July 20, 2015</ref><ref>[http://www.jazzlists.com/jz/Fathead_Comes_On.htm David Newman discography] accessed July 20, 2015</ref><ref>[https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2014/01/28/david-fathead-newman/ Enciclopedia del Jazz; David "Fathead Newman] accessed November 29, 2018</ref><ref>[http://mrmanri.la.coocan.jp/DavidNewman/index.html David "Fathead" Newman Incomplete Discography] accessed November 16, 2018</ref>
==Reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = ''Allmusic'' | rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> }} Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "a very bluesy album, but also contains its share of tricky melodies and ambitious arrangements".<ref name="Allmusic">{{AllMusic|first=Allmusic |last=Review |class=album |id=mw0000228194 |title=''Fathead Comes On'' – Review |accessdate=July 20, 2015}}</ref>
==Track listing== ''All compositions by Dave Newman except as indicated'' # "Unchain My Heart" (Teddy Powell, Robert Sharp Jr.) - 4:30 # "Cellar Groove" (Norris Austin) - 5:39 # "Alto Sauce" - 5:15 # "Hello There" - 3:07 # "Scufflin'" - 6:36 # "Esther's Melody" - 4:03 # "Lady Day" (Leroy Johnson) - 3:41 *Recorded in New York City on May 3 (tracks 2, 4 & 7) and December 9 (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 6), 1961
== Personnel == *Dave Newman - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, flute *Marcus Belgrave - trumpet (tracks 2, 4 & 7) *Norris Austin (tracks 2, 4 & 7), Hank Crawford (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 6) - piano *Jimmy Jefferson (tracks 2, 4 & 7), Edgar Willis (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 6) - bass *Charlie Persip (tracks 2, 4 & 7), Bruno Carr - drums
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