Una mas kenny dorham biography
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Kenny Dorham
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LondonJazzCollector
Photo Update April 24 Anthony Tony Williams, , courtesy of the Jazz Paparazzi, Harry M.
More overlooked gems from the shelf, often overlooked for a reason: a flaw in collector standing, failing the snooty First Edition test, a slightly later label, the wrong, spoiled or missing cover. Flawed, but a musical gem within, and still vintage, so cut it some slack.
Selection:Sao Paulo (Dorham) Plastylite mono
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Artists
Kenny Dorham, trumpet; Joe Henderson, tenor sax; Herbie Hancock, piano; Butch Warren, bass; Anthony Williams, drums; recorded Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, April 1, , released January
The line up is once again bop-veteran Kenny with new kids Joe and Herbie, and introducing 17 year-old fresh out of diapers, Anthony Williams behind the drums .
Dorhams last but one session for Blue Note, preceding the final Trompetta Toccata. His long history with Blue Note and his thriving partnership with Joe Henderson didnt survive the transition to Liberty. Just a handful of further recordings, a couple of sessions from the later 60s found their way to Strata East shortly after his departure he suffered ill-health and died at the end of , aged just
Music
Part of the Dorham-Henderson partership o
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Una Mas
studio album by Kenny Dorham
Una Mas, titled Una Mas (One More Time) on the front cover, is a jazz album by trumpeter Kenny Dorham and his quintet, released in on Blue Note as BLP and BST The album would be the next-to-last studio session led by the trumpeter.[5]Una Mas features three compositions by Dorham himself. An outtake from the session, the ballad "If Ever I Would Leave You", comes from the Broadway musical Camelot.
At the time, Dorham was still relatively unknown to the jazz audience, and spoke of his lack of musical fame to Nat Hentoff:
All I can say is that if it's going to happen, it'll happen. But it's going to have to happen within a reasonable time. After all, I'll soon be into my 25th year on the trumpet. Anyway, however it goes, I'll just keep playing. That's where the basic satisfaction is at.[6]
Compositions
[edit]"Una Mas" is a bar tune pertaining to bossa nova genre. Dorham felt positive about it: "The groove was very good. [] You can switch to almost any kind of feeling when you're improvising on this; from bossa nova to blues."[6] Dorham had earlier recorded "Una Mas" under the title "Us" and released the piece on his live album Inta Somethin'.[7] "At the time, the tune had