{"id":6730,"date":"2015-06-22T22:47:37","date_gmt":"2015-06-23T05:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/?p=6730"},"modified":"2015-06-22T22:47:37","modified_gmt":"2015-06-23T05:47:37","slug":"monday-recommendation-kenny-dorham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2015\/06\/monday-recommendation-kenny-dorham\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Recommendation: Kenny Dorham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[contextly_auto_sidebar id=&#8221;rpj89ZFowulbekezvdjuWiu3iv83Fm5J&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kenny Dorham<\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Quiet-Kenny-Dorham\/dp\/B000000YE6\/?_encoding=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;linkCode=ur2&#038;tag=rifftidougram-20\"target=\"_blank\">Quiet Kenny<\/a> (Original Jazz Classics)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Quiet-Kenny.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Quiet-Kenny.jpg\" alt=\"Quiet Kenny\" width=\"200\" height=\"205\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6731\" \/><\/a>Dorham was of the generation of trumpet players indebted to Dizzy Gillespie. As his playing gained individuality in the late forties, he developed into one of the trumpet\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s great melodic improvisers. His rhythm section here is pianist Tommy Flanagan, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Arthur Taylor. A few months earlier in 1960, they accompanied John Coltrane in his watershed \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Giant Steps\u00e2\u20ac\u009d session. The CD contains Dorham originals and five standard songs. His readings of the melodies of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153My Ideal,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I Had the Craziest Dream,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Old Folks\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Mack the Knife\u00e2\u20ac\u009d conjure up the lyrics almost as surely as if he were singing them. Then, he proceeds to create melodies that equal or surpass the originals. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Alone Together\u00e2\u20ac\u009d consists of Dorham playing the melody one time. His only improvisation is ten seconds of gentle declension at the end. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a magical performance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[contextly_auto_sidebar id=&#8221;rpj89ZFowulbekezvdjuWiu3iv83Fm5J&#8221;] Kenny Dorham, Quiet Kenny (Original Jazz Classics) Dorham was of the generation of trumpet players indebted to Dizzy Gillespie. As his playing gained individuality in the late forties, he developed into one of the trumpet\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s great melodic improvisers. His rhythm section here is pianist Tommy Flanagan, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Arthur Taylor. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6730","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-recommendations","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6730\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}