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An often underrated musician, trumpeter Kenny Dorham was one of the prime sidemen in the original bebop movement, playing in the bands of Lionel Hampton, Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, and Charlie Parke. In addition to his warm, energetic playing, Dorham was also a fine composer with an interest in Latin styles.
Feb 8, 2017 · Quiet Kenny, a 1960 album on the New Jazz label (the precursor to Prestige Records), is the only Dorham album that features no other horn player. It's just his quartet, and what a quartet—Dorham is accompanied by Tommy Flanagan on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, Art Taylor on drums. Manning the controls was Rudy Van Gelder at his peak—and ...
Feb 8, 2021 · Kenny Dorham was a multi-gifted man, and Page One—the 1963 debut by Joe Henderson—displays several of his gifts. His eloquence on the trumpet, which has finally received some of the respect it deserved in recent years, can be heard on each of the six tracks. Dorham was also a brilliant composer as well as one […]
Release Date. Hooray for Milt Jackson, John Lewis, Art Blakey, Kenny Dorham [live] • Milt Jackson / John Lewis / Art Blakey / Kenny Dorham. Kenny Dorham discography and songs: Music profile for Kenny Dorham, born 30 August 1924. Genres: Hard Bop, Cool Jazz, Afro-Cuban Jazz. Albums include Afro-Cuban, Una más (One More Time), and Quiet Kenny.
Jun 14, 2012 · Kenny Dorham was born in Fairfield, Texas, in 1924. He learned to play the trumpet and went on to record with some of the biggest names in jazz, including Thelonious Monk, Art Blakely and Sonny ...
Kenny Dorham possessed a rare, soft and vulnerable sound that is soothing and instantly identifiable. Eschewing the typical trumpeter’s showmanship and flashiness, Dorham instead relied on his economical melodic logic in constructing poetic, lyrical improvisations with meaningful beginnings, middles, and ends.
