Kenny Dorham Quintet is a jazz studio album by trumpeter Kenny Dorham

Kenny Dorham

McKinley Howard Dorham was an American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer born in Fairfield, Texas. Dorham's talent is frequently lauded by critics and other musicians, but he never received the kind of attention from the jazz establishment that many of his peers did...

. It was his debut album as a leader and was released in 1953, on the Debut label as DLP-9 and originally included only the first six tracks. Tracks 7 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

Charles Mingus

Charles Mingus Jr. was an American jazz musician, composer, bandleader, and civil rights activist.Mingus's compositions retained the hot and soulful feel of hard bop and drew heavily from black gospel music while sometimes drawing on elements of Third stream, free jazz, and classical music...

 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
   Thelonious Monk
   Thelonious Sphere Monk was an American jazz pianist and composer considered "one of the giants of American music". Monk had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including "Epistrophy", "'Round Midnight", "Blue Monk", "Straight, No Chaser"...
   
   ) 3:05
3. "Be My Love
   Be My Love
   "Be My Love" is a popular song with lyrics bySammy Cahn and music by Nicholas Brodzsky. It was published in 1950 and featured in the 1950 movie The Toast of New Orleans, where it was sung by Kathryn Grayson and Mario Lanza. The Lanza recording of the song was a million-seller and a Billboard #1...
   
   " [Take 2] (Nicholas Brodzsky
   Nicholas Brodzsky
   Nicholas Brodszky, was a composer of popular songs. He was born in Odessa , and died in Hollywood, California....
   
   , Sammy Cahn
   Sammy Cahn
   Sammy Cahn was an American lyricist, songwriter and musician. He is best known for his romantic lyrics to films and Broadway songs, as well as stand-alone songs premiered by recording companies in the Greater Los Angeles Area...
   
   ) 3:34
4. "Ruby, My Dear" [Take 1] 3:09
5. "Osmosis" (Osie Johnson
   Osie Johnson
   James "Osie" Johnson was a jazz drummer.He first worked with Sabby Lewis and then, after service in the United States Navy freelanced for a time in Chicago...
   
   ) 2:42
6. "I Love You
   I Love You (Cole Porter song)
   "I Love You" is a song written by Cole Porter in 1944 for his stage musical Mexican Hayride. It was popularized by Bing Crosby in the same year...
   
   " (Porter
   Cole Porter
   Cole Albert Porter was an American composer and songwriter. Born to a wealthy family in Indiana, he defied the wishes of his domineering grandfather and took up music as a profession. Classically trained, he was drawn towards musical theatre...
   
   ) 3:53
7. "Darn That Dream
   Darn That Dream
   "Darn That Dream" is a popular song with music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Eddie DeLange, published in 1939.The song was introduced in the Broadway musical Swingin' The Dream.-Recorded versions:...
   
   " [Take 1] (Jimmy Van Heusen, Eddie DeLange
   Eddie DeLange
   Eddie DeLange was an American bandleader and lyricist. Famous artists who recorded some of DeLange's songs include Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, Duke Ellington, and Benny Goodman.-Biography:...
   
   ) 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
  Kenny Dorham
  McKinley Howard Dorham was an American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer born in Fairfield, Texas. Dorham's talent is frequently lauded by critics and other musicians, but he never received the kind of attention from the jazz establishment that many of his peers did...
  
   - trumpet, vocal (tracks 10, 11)
• Jimmy Heath
  Jimmy Heath
  James Edward Heath , nicknamed Little Bird, is an American jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger. He is the brother of bassist Percy Heath and drummer Albert Heath.-Biography:...
  
   - saxophones
• Walter Bishop
  Walter Bishop, Jr.
  Walter Bishop, Jr. was an American bop and hard bop jazz pianist.He was the son of composer Walter Bishop, Sr.. In high school his friends included Kenny Drew, Sonny Rollins, and Art Taylor...
  
   - piano
• Percy Heath
  Percy Heath
  Percy Heath was an American jazz bassist, brother to tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath and drummer Albert Heath, with whom he formed the Heath Brothers in 1975...
  
   - double bass
• Kenny Clarke
  Kenny Clarke
  Kenny Clarke , born Kenneth Spearman Clarke, nicknamed "Klook" and later known as Liaqat Ali Salaam, was a jazz drummer and an early innovator of the bebop style of drumming...
  
  - drums