Kenny Dorham

Artist:  Kenny Dorham
Birth Name:  McKinley Howard Dorham
Born:  August 30, 1924.  Fairfield, Texas, USA
Died:  December 5, 1972 (Aged 48).  New York City, New York, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Mainstream Jazz, Hard Bop, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz
Occupation:  Musician, Bandleader. Composer
Instruments:  Trumpet, Vocals

Kenny Dorham was an American Jazz Trumpeter, Singer and Composer from Fairfield, Texas.  He was recruited by Dizzy Gillesple and Billy Eckstine to join their bands in the mid-'40s.  He ever sang Blues with Dizzy Gillesple's band.  He joined  Charlie Parker's group in 1948.  He also played with Charles Mingus, Max Roach, Cecil Payne, Hank Mobley, Horace Silver in 1965.  He was a founding member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers in 1954.  He composed the Jazz Standard "Blue Bossa", which first appeared on Joe Henderson's album Page One.

Title:  Trompeta Toccata  (2020)
Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Mainstream Jazz, Hard Bop, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz
Label:  Blue Note Records
Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side 1:

 1.  Trompeta Toccata  (12:21)
 2.  Night Watch  (5:44)

Side 2:

 1.  Mamacita  (11:02)
 2.  The Fox  (7:59)

Personnel:

Kenny Dorham:  Trumpet
Joe Henderson:  Tenor Saxophone
Tommy Flanagan:  Piano
Richard Davis:  Double Bass
Albert Heath:  Drums

Trompeta Toccata is a 1964 album by Kenny Dorham, originally released on July, 1965 by Blue Note Records, remastered and reissued on June 19, 2020 by Blue Note Records, featuring Joe Henderson, Tommy Flanagan, Richard Davis and Albert Heath.   Remastered from the original analog tapes in 180 Gram Vinyl.