New Vinyl

Blue Note Tone Poet Series

602448321855

A1 Us
A2 It Could Happen To You
A3 Let’s Face The Music
B1 No Two People
B2 Lover Man
B3 San Francisco Beat

Kenny Dorhamadded stellar entries to the catalogs of Blue Note, Riverside, and New Jazz throughout the 1950s as he solidified his reputation as a leading trumpeter and composer on the jazz scene. He began 1961 in the studio for Blue Note recording his excellent albumWhistle Stopand later that year cut his first date for Pacific Jazz,Inta Somethin, a spirited live recording that captured Dorham leading a quintet with alto saxophonistJackie McLean, pianistWalter Bishop Jr., bassistLeroy Vinnegar, and drummerArt Taylorat The Jazz Workshop in San Francisco. The band is firing on all cylinders throughout this set of four standards bookended by the Dorham originals Us and San Francisco Beat. A buoyant version of It Could Happen To You is performed quartet as a Dorham showcase, while the trumpeter lays out on Lets Face The Music And Dance and Lover Man to give the spotlight to McLean.