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 death three years later.
The AllMusic review says of the line-up 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.
In his DownBeat 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."
By contrast, AllMusic gave the album 4.5 stars, concluding: "As close to a definitive recording as Dameron issued, and considering his very small discography, The Magic Touch is a recording that all modern jazz lovers need to own and take further lessons from."
All songs composed by Dameron except where noted.