Jazz Contemporary

Jazz Contemporary
Studio album by
Kenny Dorham
ReleasedEnd of June 1960[1]
RecordedFebruary 11–12, 1960
New York City
GenreJazz
Length39:57 original LP
LabelTime Records
Time 52004
ProducerBob Shad
Kenny Dorham chronology
The Kenny Dorham Memorial Album
(1960) 		Jazz Contemporary
(1960) 		Show Boat
(1960)

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.