Kenny Dorham Quartet - Two Horns, Two Rhythms

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 42:20
Size: 96.9 MB
Styles: Hard bop, Trumpet jazz
Year: 1993/2008
Art: Front

[5:20] 1. Lotus Blossom
[6:10] 2. 'sposin'
[2:54] 3. Soon
[4:38] 4. Is It True What They Say About Dixie
[4:23] 5. The End Of A Love Affair
[4:19] 6. I'll Be Seeing You
[6:33] 7. Noosebloos
[3:10] 8. Jazz-Classic
[4:49] 9. 'Sposin' (Alternate Take)

Trumpeter Kenny Dorham was one of the most underrated talents of the bop and hard bop eras. Although he did not hit high note or influence a lot of players, Dorham's appealing sound and consistently creative ideas should have made him a star in the jazz world instead of just a journeyman. On this CD reissue (which adds an alternate take of "'Sposin'" to the original eight-song LP program), Dorham and altoist Ernie Henry (on his final session) are heard in a pianoless quartet (with either Eddie Mathias or Wilbur Ware on bass and drummer G.T. Hogan) playing three of the trumpeter's originals (including "Lotus Blossom") and four standards. Highlights include "I'll Be Seeing You" and a rare revival of "Is It True What They Say About Dixie?" The sparse setting (unusual for a Dorham session) works quite well. ~Scott Yanow

Two Horns, Two Rhythms

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