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Kenny Dorham
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Overshadowed for most of his career by the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro, Miles Davis, Clifford Brown, and Lee Morgan, Kenny Dorham's abilities as a composer and unique voice as an advanced bop trumpet player are underrated to this day. McKinley Howard Dorham was born on August 30, 1924 on a ranch called Post Oak, near Fairfield, Texas. He attended Anderson High School in Austin, where he began teaching himself to play piano and trumpet, and spending much of his time on the school boxing team. He later enrolled at Wiley College in Marshall, Texas, studying chemistry and minoring in physics
That's Him
Label: Craft Recordings
Released: 2026
Track listing: Strong Man; Happiness is Just a Thing Called Joe; My Man; Tender as a Rose; That's Him; I Must Have That Man; Porgy;
When a Woman Loves a Man; Don't Explain.
In Circuses and Carnivals, Sideshows Brought Black Music To The Heartland
by Arthur R George
Black musicians in circus and carnival sideshow bands from the late 1800s well into the Twentieth Century brought ragtime and what would become jazz and rhythm and blues to white audiences deep into Midwest agricultural regions. Trumpeter Lester Bowie, later known for the avant-garde Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), ...
Abbey Lincoln: That's Him
by C. Andrew Hovan
An intriguing byproduct of the current vinyl renaissance, Record Store Day has become a proving ground for labels looking to balance archival reverence with commercial opportunity. Craft Recordings has carved out a particularly compelling niche, frequently issuing mono editions of classic titles from its catalog. Following previous releases featuring Gerry Mulligan, Bill Evans, Max Roach, and ...
Classic Jazz from Sonny Rollins, Kenny Dorham, and others; recently released music from Steve Wilson, Snarky Puppy, and more
by David W. Daniels
In addition to the artists mentioned above, classic jazz vocals from Sarah Vaughan and Billy Eckstine together, and Gloria Lynn are included in this week's show as well as other instrumental artists. A pending release from the Helen Sung Big Band is sampled, and new music from The Sistering and Altin Sencalar is featured. Birthday recognition ...
Happy Birthday Herbie Hancock! Recognizing birthdays of Gene Ammons, Joshua Espinoza, and Others; New Music From Kurt Elling, Spyro Gyra, and More
by David W. Daniels
Herbie Hancock turned 86 on Sunday, April 12, 2026. Recognition of his musical contributions to albums by Donald Byrd, Jackie Mclean, the Pointer Sisters, and others. New music as named above, also from Michael Dease, Jeremy Pelt, Javon Jackson, and more. Playlist Eddie Henderson “Discoveries" from Inside Out (Capricorn) 00:00 Donald Byrd “Requiem" from ...
Record Store Day 2026 Jazz Releases
by Kyle Simpler
Many vinyl enthusiasts get excited when the Record Store Day lists appear, and understandably so: most of the titles are limited-run pressings that can disappear quickly once the doors open. The only drawback, however, is that the lists can be overwhelming to sort through, often spanning multiple pages and covering releases across a wide range of ...
Kenny Dorham: The Composer in the Horn - A Verified Chronology, 1953–1964
by Hank Hehmsoth
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 ...
Fabrizio Bosso Spiritual Trio: Welcome Back
by Marco Iacoboni
Welcome Back è l'ultimo tassello del fortunato progetto quindicennale del trombettista Fabrizio Bosso, Spiritual Trio--con Alberto Marsico all'organo e piano e Alessandro Minetto alla batteria--un progetto che, dopo aver esplorato i classici del soul con forti connotazioni gospel, spiritual e blues, decide di rileggere in chiave “spiritual" temi come “You Are So Beautiful" di Billy Preston, ...
Winter Wine & Song
by Kristen Lee Sergeant
These days, and especially in January, it seems like we're saturated in conversations about the question: “to drink, or not to drink?" The topic is nearly always about alcohol --a broad genus with many varied species from moonshine to Château d'Yquem. It's like talking about the entirety of foodstuffs as “calories" and failing to distinguish between ...
