Kenny Dorham Quintet (album)

Kenny Dorham Quintet
Studio album by Kenny Dorham
Released	1954
Recorded	December 15, 1953 New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	39:00
Label	Debut DLP-9
Kenny Dorham chronology
Kenny Dorham Qunitet (1953) Afro-Cuban (1955)

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Allmusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]

Kenny Dorham Quintet is a jazz studio album by trumpeter Kenny Dorham. It was his debut album as a leader and was released in 1953, on the Debut label as DLP-9 and originally included only tracks 1 to 3 and 5 to 7. Tracks 4 and 8 were released as bonus tracks on 12-inch LP OJC-113, whilst the CD release featured the previously unreleased tracks 9, 10 and 11. According to the liner notes on the CD back cover "Label head Charles Mingus decided not to release them at the time and they languished in the tape vault for almost 40 years, until their fortuitous discovery in late 1992".

CD Track listing

1. "An Oscar for Oscar" [Take 1] (Dorham) 2:48
2. "Ruby, My Dear" [Take 2] (Monk) 3:05
3. "Be My Love" [Take 2] (Nicholas Brodzsky, Sammy Cahn) 3:34
4. "Ruby, My Dear" [Take 1] 3:09
5. "Osmosis" (Osie Johnson) 2:42
6. "I Love You" (Porter) 3:53
7. "Darn That Dream" [Take 1] (Jimmy Van Heusen, Eddie DeLange) 4:47
8. "Darn That Dream" [Take 2] 4:54
9. "I Love You" [Take 2] 3:54
10. "Chicago Blues" (Biese, Altieri) 2:54
11. "Lonesome Lover Blues" (Jackson, Lenoir) 3:06

Track 1-9 recorded December 15, 1953 in New York City. Tracks 10, 11 recorded sometime in 1953.

Personnel

• Kenny Dorham - trumpet, vocal (tracks 10, 11)
• Jimmy Heath - saxophones
• Walter Bishop - piano
• Percy Heath - double bass
• Kenny Clarke - drums

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