Quiet Kenny

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Quiet Kenny
New Jazz
ProducerEsmond Edwards
Kenny Dorham chronology
Blue Spring
(1959)
Quiet Kenny
(1960)
The Kenny Dorham Memorial Album
(1960)

Quiet Kenny is an album by the American jazz trumpeter

New Jazz label.[2] The album features Dorham's own composition "Lotus Blossom", which was earlier recorded by Sonny Rollins under the title "Asiatic Raes". The tune has been recorded under both titles subsequently. ("Lotus Blossom" is not to be confused with either "Lotus Blossom" by Strayhorn or "Sweet Lotus Blossom" by Coslow and Johnston
.)

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
[5]

The

The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings describes the album as “a minor masterpiece.”[5]

Track listing

  1. "Lotus Blossom" [also known as "Asiatic Raes"] (Dorham) - 4:39
  2. "My Ideal" (Newell Chase, Robin, Whiting) - 5:06
  3. "Blue Friday" (Dorham) - 8:46
  4. "Alone Together" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 3:11
  5. "Blue Spring Shuffle" (Dorham) - 7:38
  6. "I Had the Craziest Dream" (Gordon, Warren) - 4:40
  7. "Old Folks" (Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robison) - 5:11
  8. "Mack the Knife" (Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill) - 3:02 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Billboard Feb 22, 1960
  2. ^ Kenny Dorham discography accessed October 7, 2010
  3. ^ a b Nastos, M. G. Allmusic Review accessed October 7, 2010
  4. ^ Gordner, Barbara J. (14 April 1960). "Kenny Dorham: Quiet Kenny". DownBeat. Vol. 27, no. 8. p. 31.
  5. ^ .