Sunday, August 22, 2010

Kenny Dorham: Jazz Contemporary (2004)

Originally on the Time label, this album features the excellent (but always underrated) trumpeter Kenny Dorham heading a quintet that also includes baritonist Charles Davis, pianist Steve Kuhn, either Jimmy Garrison or Butch Warren on bass, and drummer Buddy Enlow. The results are not quite essential but everyone plays up to par, performing three of Dorham's originals plus "In Your Own Sweet Way," "Monk's Mood," and "This Love of Mine." It's fine hard bop, the modern mainstream music of the period. ~ Scott Yanow
Tracklist
01. A Waltz
02. Monk's Mood
03. In Your Own Sweet Way
04. Horn Salute
05. Tonica
06. This Love of Mine
07. Sign Off
08. A Waltz (Alternate Take)
09. Monk's Mood (Alternate Take)
10. This Love of Mine (Alternate Take)
Jazz Contemporary
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