Kenny Dorham
b. McKinley Howard Dorham, 30 August 1924, Fairfield, Texas, USA, d. 5 December 1972, New York City, New York, USA. After learning to play trumpet while at high school, Dorham played in several late 40s big bands, including Lionel Hampton's and, more significantly given his musical leanings, the bop-orientated outfits of Dizzy Gillespie and Billy Eckstine. He was originally known as Kinny (a diminutive for McKinley) and this was how his name appeared on record labels. He was persistently misspelled and eventually gave in to public ignorance and changed to Kenny. In 1948 he succeeded Miles Davis as trumpeter with Charlie "Bird" Parker's quintet, and in 1954 joined Horace Silver in the first edition of what became Art Blakey's long-running Jazz Messengers. He also worked with Max Roach (stepping in when Roach's co-leader, Clifford Brown, was killed), Sonny Rollins and Charles Mingus.
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Albums
- (2009) The Art Of The Ballad
- (2007) Jazz Contrasts [Keepnews Collection]
- (2007) Quiet Kenny
- (2007) Kenny Dorham Sings And Plays: This Is The Moment!
- (2007) Afro-Cuban (Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
- (2006) Quiet Kenny
- (2006) Trompeta Toccata
- (2006) Jazz Contrasts
- (2006) Kenny Dorham Quintet
- (2004) The Complete 'Round About Midnight At The Cafe (Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
- (2000) Whistle Stop (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
- (1999) Una Mas (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
- (1987) Afro-Cuban
- (1957) Jazz Contrasts
Top Tracks
- Afrodisia
- Lotus Blossom
- Autumn In New York (Live-Set #1) (Rudy Van Gelder 24-Bit Mastering)
- Alone Together
- Una Mas (One More Time) (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) (1998 Digital Remaster)
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