
McKinley Howard (Kenny) Dorham (August 30, 1924 - December 5, 1972) was an American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer born in Fairfield, Texas. Dorham was one of the most active bebop trumpeters. He played in the big bands of Billy Eckstine, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton and Mercer Ellington and the quintet of Charlie Parker. He was a charter member of the original cooperative Jazz Messengers. He also recorded as a sideman with Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins
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Alone Together - Rudy Van Gelder Remaster 2006
My Ideal
Dorham's Epitaph - Remastered 2014
Lotus Blossom
Alone Together
Afrodisia
I Had the Craziest Dream
Alone Together - Rudy Van Gelder Remaster
Mack the Knife
Basheer's Dream