Kenny Dorham
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Kenny Dorham at the Metropole Hotel in Toronto, 1954.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | McKinley Howard Dorham |
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August 30, 1924 Fairfield, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | December 5, 1972 (aged 48) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz, bebop, mainstream jazz, hard bop |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, bandleader, composer |
| Instruments | Trumpet, vocals |
| Associated acts | Art Blakey, Joe Henderson, Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Abbey Lincoln, Hank Mobley, Max Roach, Horace Silver |
McKinley Howard "Kenny" Dorham (August 30, 1924 – December 5, 1972) was an American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer born in Fairfield, Texas. Dorham's talent is frequently lauded by critics and other musicians, but he never received the kind of attention or public recognition from the jazz establishment that many of his peers did. For this reason, writer Gary Giddins said that Dorham's name has become "virtually synonymous with underrated." Dorham also composed the jazz standard "Blue Bossa," which first appeared on Joe Henderson's album Page One.
Dorham was one of the most active bebop trumpeters. He played in the big bands of Lionel Hampton, Billy Eckstine, Dizzy Gillespie, 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, and he replaced Clifford Brown in the Max Roach Quintet after Brown's death in 1956. In addition to sideman work, Dorham led his own groups, including the Jazz Prophets (formed shortly after Art Blakey took over the Jazz Messengers name). The Jazz Prophets, featuring a young Bobby Timmons on piano, bassist Sam Jones, and tenorman J. R. Monterose, with guest Kenny Burrell on guitar, recorded a live album 'Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia in 1956 for Blue Note.
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