Kenny Dorham - Four Classic Albums (Second Set) (2018)

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Title: Four Classic Albums (Second Set)
Year Of Release: 2018
Label: Avid Jazz
Genre: Jazz, Hard Bop, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Bop
Quality: Mp3 320 / Flac (tracks, ,cue, log)
Total Time: 02:38:10
Total Size: 381/933 Mb (covers)
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Tracklist:

CD 1:
Kenny Dorham - Afro-Cuban (1955)
01. Afrodisia (5:05)
02. Lotus Flower (4:18)
03. Minor's Holiday (4:27)
04. Basheer's Dream (5:02)
05. K.D.'s Motion (5:28)
06. La Villa (5:22)
07. Venita's Dance (5:21)
Kenny Dorham - 'Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia (1956)
08. Monaco (6:46)
09. 'Round About Midnight (7:48)
10. Mexico City (6:03)
11. A Night in Tunisia (9:38)
12. Autumn in New York (4:44)
13. Hill's Edge (8:19)

CD 2:
Kenny Dorham - Jazz Contrasts (1957)
01. Falling in Love (9:12)
02. I'll Remember April (12:06)
03. Larue (4:30)
04. My Old Flame (5:24)
05. But Beautiful (2:44)
06. La Villa (7:04)
Kenny Dorham - Whistle Stop (1961)
07. 'Philly Twist (5:40)
08. Buffalo (7:42)
09. Sunset (6:20)
10. Whistle Stop (5:58)
11. Sunrise in Mexico (5:41)
12. Windmill (6:19)
13. Dorham's Epitaph (1:09)

American trumpet player, born August 30, 1924 in Fairfield, Texas, USA, died December 5, 1972 in New York, New York, USA.

Lauded by critics & his peers, Dorham was one of the most active bebop trumpeters. He played in the big bands of Lionel Hampton, Billy Eckstine, Dizzy Gillespie, & Mercer Ellington & 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 & Sonny Rollins, & he replaced Clifford Brown in the Max Roach Quintet.
In addition he led his own groups., recording in 1956 as Kenny Dorham And The Jazz Prophets. In 1963 Dorham had Joe Henderson in his group, & the two collaborated much throughout the decade.
At age 48, kidney disease resulted in his passing.