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L.A. Jazz Scene 2008: Alive and Swingin'
by Chuck Koton
The Los Angeles scene has often been referred to in patronizing terms by jazz lovers, musicians and writers. It has been said that the city's laid-back vibe deprives musicians of the energy that a New York audience can impart to the bandstand. Others complain that the growth of a hip jazz scene has been impeded by ...
Kenny Burrell: Mr. Good Notes
by Russ Musto
“I'm just trying to play the good notes," says Kenny Burrell, lighthearted laughter accompanying his response to the question of how he would characterize his style of guitar playing. The reply betrayed the genial humility that has long distinguished him as one of the music's truly gracious gentlemen. Burrell has been playing the “good notes" for ...
Kenny Dorham: Jazz Contrasts
By Kenny Dorham
Label: Riverside
Released: 2007
Track listing: Falling in Love with Love; I'll Remember April; Larue; My Old Flame; But Beautiful; La Villa.
Jazz Contrasts
By Kenny Dorham
Label: Riverside
Released: 2007
Track listing: Falling In Love With Love; I'll Remember April; Larue; My Old Flame; But Beautiful; La Villa.
Kenny Dorham with Jackie McLean Complete Recordings
By Kenny Dorham
Label: Gambit Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: El Matador; Melanie; Smile; Beautiful Love; Prelude; Una Mas; It Could Happen to You; Let's Face the Music and Dance; No Two People; Lover Man; San Francisco Beat.
Kenny Dorham: Kenny Dorham: Jazz Contrasts
by Samuel Chell
In the new liner notes included with this addition to the Keepnews Collection on Riverside, the producer expresses his satisfaction with this 1957 “blowing" album, showcasing the trumpeter whom, after Clifford Brown, he considers second to none. Recorded approximately a year following Brown's passing, the date demonstrates Dorham's gifts as a balladeer, composer and, above all, ...
Kenny Dorham: Jazz Contrasts
by David Rickert
Producer Orrin Keepnews was never one to indulge much in blowing sessions, but this 1957 recording from trumpeter Kenny Dorham comes pretty close. With a lineup featuring Sonny Rollins, Oscar Pettiford, Hank Jones, and Max Roach, why not just give the guys a few standards and turn them loose? Dorham had been recruited for Riverside from ...
Kenny Dorham: Kenny Dorham with Jackie McLean Complete Recordings
by Hrayr Attarian
As jazz lovers we should be thankful for the presence of the Spanish record labels. Lonehill, Fresh Sound and Gambit, to name a few, have reissued and made available at reasonable prices a multitude of long-lost jazz gems. One of the recent reissues consists of two outstanding albums by trumpeter Kenny Dorham--Inta Something and Matador. Both ...
