Kenny Dorham

About

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

Top Tracks

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   Alone Together - Rudy Van Gelder Remaster 2006

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   My Ideal

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   Dorham's Epitaph - Remastered 2014

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   Lotus Blossom

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   Alone Together

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   Afrodisia

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   I Had the Craziest Dream

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   Alone Together - Rudy Van Gelder Remaster

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