Kenny Dorham Quintet (album)

Kenny Dorham Quintet is a jazz studio album by trumpeter Kenny Dorham. It was his debut album as a leader and was released in 1953, on the Debut label as DLP-9 and originally included only tracks 1 to 3 and 5 to 7. Tracks 4 and 8 were released as bonus tracks on 12-inch LP OJC-113, whilst the CD release featured the previously unreleased tracks 9, 10 and 11. According to the liner notes on the CD back cover "Label head Charles Mingus decided not to release them at the time and they languished in the tape vault for almost 40 years, until their fortuitous discovery in late 1992".

CD Track listing
"An Oscar for Oscar" [Take 1] (Dorham) 2:48
"Ruby, My Dear" [Take 2] (Monk) 3:05
"Be My Love" [Take 2] (Nicholas Brodzsky, Sammy Cahn) 3:34
"Ruby, My Dear" [Take 1] 3:09
"Osmosis" (Osie Johnson) 2:42
"I Love You" (Porter) 3:53
"Darn That Dream" [Take 1] (Jimmy Van Heusen, Eddie DeLange) 4:47
"Darn That Dream" [Take 2] 4:54
"I Love You" [Take 2] 3:54
"Chicago Blues" (Biese, Altieri) 2:54
"Lonesome Lover Blues" (Jackson, Lenoir) 3:06

Recorded at Van Gelder Studion, Hackensack, NJ on December 15, 1953 (tracks 1-9)and in New York City on October 21, 1953 (tracks 10 & 11).

Personnel
Kenny Dorham - trumpet, vocal (tracks 10, 11)
Jimmy Heath - saxophones
Walter Bishop - piano
Percy Heath - double bass
Kenny Clarke - drums

References 

Category:1954 debut albums
Category:Debut Records albums
Category:Kenny Dorham albums
Category:Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio