Kenny Dorham - The Complete 'Round About at the Cafe Bohemia: Tone Poet Edition / 2CD set

The great unsung trumpeter Kenny Dorham was a vital part of the early Blue Note story appearing as a sideman on bebop dates by Thelonious Monk and Art Blakey as well as foundational hard bop sessions with Horace Silver and as a founding member of The Jazz Messengers. In fact, just six months after The Jazz Messengers cut their landmark namesake live recordings at the Cafe Bohemia, Dorham brought his own sextet into the fabled NYC jazz club in May 1956 to record his maiden live recording date under his own name. The sublime set features the trumpeter with J.R. Monterose on tenor saxophone, Kenny Burrell on guitar, Bobby Timmons on piano, Sam Jones on bass, and Arthur Edgehill on drums for an inspired collection of originals by Dorham, Monk, and Dizzy Gillespie, as well as choice Great American Songbook standards.

Includes a booklet with never-before-seen photos by Francis Wolff and an in-depth essay and track-by-track analysis by Syd Schwartz

disc 1

    Monaco
    Round About Midnight
    Mexico City
    A Night In Tunisia
    Autumn In New York
    Hill’s Edge
    K.D.’s Blues
    Who Cares
    Mexico City (alternate take)

disc 2

    Royal Roost
    My Heart Stood Still
    The Prophet
    K.D.’s Blues (alternate take)
    Riffin’
    Who Cares (alternate take)
    Monaco (alternate take)
    N.Y. Theme