Kenny Dorham - Afro-Cuban
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Artist: Kenny DorhamEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: Blue Note Records
Soundtracks:
- Afrodisia
- Lotus Flower
- Minor's Holiday
- Minor's Holiday (Alternate Version)
- Basheer's Dream
- K.D.'s Motion
- La Villa
- Venita's Dance
- K.D.'s Cab Ride
Free Music Notes for Afro-Cuban
Free Music Review: HALF AFRO-CUBAN, HALF MAINSTREAM 50'S
Hit: 5 Stars
This is one of my favorite Kenny Dorham albums. First off, the players with Dorham are: Jay Jay Johnson, trombone; Hank Mobley, tenor sax; Cecil Payne, baritone sax; Horace Silver, piano; Oscar Pettiford, bass (cuts 1-5); Percy Heath, bass (cuts 6-9); Carlos "Potato" Valdez, conga; and Art Blakey, drums. So we're talking greats.
The first half of this album is Afro Cuban jazz and include Valdez on Conga. The second half is mainstream jazz in nature and drops Valdez for a more mainstream feel. Also on the second half, J.J. Johnson is not present, and Pettiford is replaced by Heath on bass. It's like two different albums in one, but ALL of it is great. This album has the debut version of Dorhams famous (relatively speaking of course) "Lotus Flower" and an alternate, previously unreleased alternate take of "Minor's Holiday". Recorded by the great Rudy Van Gelder in Hackensack, N.J. in 1955. (two seperate recording sessions) Cuts 1-5 were done on March 29, and cuts 6-9 were done a couple of months earlier on January 30, but unfortunately not re-masted by (in my honest opinion) his best sidekick, Phil DeLancie. I guess I'm used to the dynamic duo of Van Gelder and DeLancie when it comes to music from this era, and I can truly hear immediately when DeLancie is missing from the mix. Just a tid bit, but if you are an audiophile as well as a Jazz lover, you might notice that when listening. A must have recording if you are a Kenny Dorham fan. While you're at it, pick up a copy of Dorham's "Whistle Stop" and the sometimes hard to find (so keep looking) "Kenny Dorham Memorial" from January 10, 1960, and you'll have a great Kenny Dorham collection.
Afro-Cuban Poster
KD's sextet and octet sessions with Hank Mobley, J.J. Johnson, Horace Silver and Art Blakey. Includes "Afrodisia," "Lotus Flower," and "Minor's Holiday." One of his most important records.Latin Music Music CDs
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