Jazz Contemporary is an album by American jazz trumpeter Kenny Dorham featuring performances recorded in 1960 and released on the Time label.[2] The album features the recording debut of pianist Steve Kuhn.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [5]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 2½ stars and stated "The results are not quite essential but everyone plays up to par... It's fine hard bop, the modern mainstream music of the period".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Kenny Dorham except as indicated
  1. "A Waltz" - 5:34
  2. "Monk's Mood" (Thelonious Monk) - 8:09
  3. "In Your Own Sweet Way" (Dave Brubeck) - 8:01
  4. "Horn Salute" - 8:27
  5. "Tonica" - 2:57
  6. "This Love of Mine" (Sol Parker, Henry W. Sanicola Jr., Frank Sinatra) - 6:49

Bonus tracks on CD reissue:

  2. "Sign Off" - 5:29
  3. "A Waltz" [alternate take] - 5:36
  4. "Monk's Mood" [alternate take] (Monk) - 2:53
  5. "This Love of Mine" [alternate take] (Parker, Sanicola, Sinatra) - 7:55

Recorded on February 11 (tracks 2, 3, 7, 8, 10) and February 12, 1960 (tracks 1, 4-6, 9).

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Billboard July 4, 1960
  2. ^ Kenny Dorham discography accessed October 7, 2010
  3. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 28, 2018
  4. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 64. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 393. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
Allikas: Https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_Contemporary
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