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Kenny Dorham: The Composer in the Horn - A Verified Chronology, 1953–1964

by Hank Hehmsoth
March 3, 2026

In jazz, a musician's sound is often discussed as if it were separate from the music on the page. With Kenny Dorham, the compositions tell the story as clearly as the trumpet does. Across the recordings made between '53 and '64, Dorham's originals trace a steady shift: from compact bebop logic to a leaner, more spacious ...

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Songs for Nica: How Jazz Fell in Love with a Baroness

by Hank Hehmsoth
November 14, 2025

For decades, the name Nica has surfaced quietly but persistently in jazz titles and liner notes. Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter--the Rothschild-born patron and confidant of Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, and dozens of others--left a mark far deeper than her reputation as jazz's “Baroness." Her name became part of the music itself, traveling across generations ...