Mckinley howard kenny dorham was born on august 30, 1924 in fairfield, texas and passed away on december 5, 1972 in new york city at the age of 48. Sign up for compositionarranging study program that may include a portion of this material as the course syllabus. He played in the big bands of billy eckstine, dizzy gillespie, lionel hampton and mercer ellington and the quintet of charlie parker. The lotus blossom works to stretch thinking away from the rut that can surround the original problem by using ideas as triggers for further thinking, thus asking you to move further way from the problem than you might otherwise go. Kenny dorhams composition lotus blossom was a unanimous choice. Among the very finest, yet most underrated, trumpeters in jazz, kenny dorham remained a stunning musician, band leader, composer and sideman throughout his prolific but sadly short career. Once mastered, the technique helps you create more and higher quality ideas for products and services, find innovative ways of improving your business, and helps you solve a variety of problems. Apart from round about midnight at the cafe bohemia, which is an amazing sounding live session on blue note, this is my favourite kenny s album. The great kenny dorham albums, jazz standards, and playing. Old folks, a classic ballad, is done midtempo, while the true quiet factor comes into play on interesting version of my ideal where dorham gingerly squeezes out the.
Kenny was so lyrical and had an arsenal of colours he could deploy at will. The arrangement of this ballad is unique in that the melody played by the piano runs concurrently with hendersons improvisation rather than assuming a traditional accompanying role. I had the craziest dream writtenby warren, gordon 4. The chart is based on the composers arrangement from his quiet kenny recording rec. Enjoy an unrivalled sheet music experience for ipadsheet music viewer, score library and music store all in one app. Kenny dorham quiet kenny 195920062014 official digital. Story goes dorham was quite the piano player and that really gave him an harmonic edge over his brass companions.
Lotus blossom by kenny burrell 431466826 cd barnes. Dorham was one of the most active bebop trumpeters. Mckinley howard kenny dorham august 30, 1924 december 5, 1972 was an american jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer born in fairfield, texas. A classic mandarin dish sauteed with mushrooms, cabbage, wood ears, dried lily flowers, scallions and scrambled egg. The premier site for the history and analysis of the standards jazz musicians play the most. The album features dorham s own composition lotus blossom, which was earlier recorded by sonny rollins under the title asiatic raes.
Nov 25, 2018 two choruses are improvised by computer using kenny dorham motif grammar. Two choruses are improvised by computer using kenny dorham motif grammar. Listening to him play over standards like mack the knife on his album quiet kenny or the jerome kern tunes on his album showboat, you can hear how kenny uses substitutions over the v7 chords and turnarounds in an innovative way to create a really hip harmonic style that was unique among the trumpet players of his time. The great kenny dorham albums, jazz standards, and. Lotus blossom recorded trumpet 1 1st pan uptempo swing 12 16 kenny dorham arranged by don sickler 20 24 solo break 1st soloist engraved by osho endo. Kenny dorham lotus blossom free download as pdf file.
May 31, 2010 listening to him play over standards like mack the knife on his album quiet kenny or the jerome kern tunes on his album showboat, you can hear how kenny uses substitutions over the v7 chords and turnarounds in an innovative way to create a really hip harmonic style that was unique among the trumpet players of his time. If you still have trouble downloading kenny dorham quiet kenny 1959 fusionero s blog hosted on 71 mb, 0 kenny dorham 1959 quiet kenny zip hosted on 58 mb, kenny dorham quiet kenny a download u haz it hosted on 91 mb, or any other file, post it in comments below and our support team or a. Jazz standards songs and instrumentals lotus blossom. Jeremey poparad is a guitarist, bassist, and composer from akron, ohio.
Lotus blossom sheet music billy strayhorn real book. Lotus blossom music by kenny dorham lotus blossom 49 sample. Sonny rollins recorded the same piece earlier on his newks time rec. It is with great pleasure that we invite you to explore the refreshing and exquisite flavors of chinese and japanese cuisine here at the lotus blossom.
Lotus blossom by kenny dorham full score and parts sheet. Joe hendersons harmonic approach to improvisation within the. Held in great esteem by his peers and followers alike, dorham worked with the very finest jazz names from the postbop period and remains a legend to this. He has recorded with a variety of wellknown artists, such as patti austin, brenda russell, art garfunkel, and david sanborn. K enny dorham was one of the first trumpet players that i checked out when i was starting to listen to jazz and after years of studying the music he is still one of my favorite trumpet players. Joe hendersons harmonic approach to improvisation within. Apr 27, 20 kenny on lotus blossom, ah, my first full transcription. Kenny dorham, tommy flanagan, paul chambers, art taylor quiet kenny dr peak rms duration track dr10 0. Kenny dorham s debut as a leader found the 29yearold trumpeter more than ready to take control. Quiet kenny is an album by the american jazz trumpeter kenny dorham of performances recorded in 1959 and released on the new jazz label. So empty like sky without any sun lotus blossom, dont cry you and i were meant to be one and though were apart it wont be for long i come to you in my song so.
Isfahan a duo with doublebassist christian mcbride. Does anyone know where i can find the changes for kenny dorham s lotus blossom. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. Song information for lotus blossom duke ellington on allmusic. We are dedicated to ushering you into the finest dining experience and our hope is to share our passion, appreciation, and respect for our craft with you. Does anyone know where i can find the changes for kenny dorhams lotus blossom. Transcriptions lotus blossom by kenny dorham submitted. Alain jeanmarie live in studio library of congress. This may be overwhelming, but we feel its necessary to show you seven different recordings. Kenny dorham s composition lotus blossom was a unanimous choice. Kenny dorhams debut as a leader found the 29yearold trumpeter more than ready to take control.
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