The Jazz Show Episode August 31, 2015

Broadcast on 31-Aug-2015

9:00pm - 11:59pm

Kenny Dorham was as Art Blakey once said "the uncrowned king" of Modern Jazz trumpet. This delightful album was a pet project of Kenny's as he loved the music of Jerome Kern and decided to do an album with a hand-picked all-star band of Kern's musical masterpiece "Showboat". Dorham selected his 6 favourite songs from the musical and delivers them with his beautiful sound, individual concept and total mastery. This date was done in December of 1960 and Dorham's band included the wonderful Philadelphia tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath. Kenny Drew, one of the finest of all Bud Powell's disciples on piano. A young pre-Coltrane Jimmy Garrison is on bass and the ubiquitous Arthur Taylor mans the drums in his usual swinging and definitive manner. This date is a wonderful re-interpretation of great music from the Great American Songbook by one of the greatest of all trumpeters....Kenny Dorham.

Track Listing:

Why Do I Love You?
Kenny Dorham · Music From Showboat
Nobody Else But Me
Kenny Dorham · Music From Showboat
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man.
Kenny Dorham · Music from Showboat
Make Believe
Kenny Dorham · Music from Showboat
Ol' Man River
Kenny Dorham · Music From Showboat
Biill
Kenny Dorham · Music From Showboat
Jumpin' With Symphony Sid/BeBop
Charlie Parker · Live From The Royal Roost
Slow Boat To China
Charlie Parker · Live from The Royal Roost
Ornithology
Charlie Parker · Live From The Royal Roost
Groovin' High
Charlie Parker · Live from The Royal Roost
East of The Sun
Charlie Parker · Live from The Royal Roost
Cheryl
Charlie Parker · Live From The Royal Roost
September Song
Sarah Vaughan · Sarah!
It's Crazy
Sarah Vaughan · Sarah!
Lullaby of Birdland
Sarah Vaughan · Sarah!
Ab-Lib Blues
Lester Young · Lester and Oscar
Just You Just Me
Lester Young · Lester and Oscar
These Foolish Things
Lester Young · Lester and Oscar
Tea For Two
Lester Young · Lester and Oscar
East Dallas Special
Booker Ervin · Booker 'n' Brass
Kansas City
Booker Ervin · Booker 'n' Brass
Harlem Nocturne
Booker Ervin · Booker 'n' Brass
L.A. After Dark
Booker Ervin · Booker 'n' Brass
Revelation
Yusef Lateef · The Centaur and The Phoenix
Iqbal
Yusef Lateef · The Centaur and The Phoenix
Apathy
Yusef Lateef · The Centaur and The Phoenix
Hip.
Hampton Hawes · For Real!