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Showboat (Kenny Dorham album)

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Released
  
End of January 1961

Showboat (1961)
  
Whistle Stop (1961)

Release date
  
3 December 1993

Label
  
Compulsion

Length
  
32:24

Artist
  
Kenny Dorham

Producer
  
Bob Shad

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
December 9, 1960 New York City

Similar
  
Kenny Dorham albums, Jazz albums

Kenny dorham 1960 jerome kern showboat 01 why do i love you


Showboat is an album by American jazz trumpeter Kenny Dorham featuring performances of tunes from the Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II musical Show Boat recorded in 1960 and released on the Time label.

Contents

Kenny dorham 1960 jerome kern showboat 04 make believe


Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stated "This is one of Dorham's better sessions from the era and is easily recommended to his fans and collectors of hard bop".

Track listing

All compositions by Jerome Kern except as indicated

  1. "Why Do I Love You?" - 6:02
  2. "Nobody Else But Me" - 5:41
  3. "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" - 6:37
  4. "Make Believe" - 5:49
  5. "Ol' Man River" - 4:14
  6. "Bill" - 4:01

Personnel

  • Kenny Dorham - trumpet
  • Jimmy Heath - tenor saxophone
  • Kenny Drew - piano
  • Jimmy Garrison - bass
  • Art Taylor - drums
  • Songs

    1Why Do I Love You6:04
    2Nobody Else but Me5:44
    3Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man6:39

    References

    Showboat (Kenny Dorham album) Wikipedia