An ageless recording of true historical import in all matters Latin and Jazz.


KENNY DORHAM

Afro - Cuban

1955




CD / Remasrered / Bonus Tracks / 320Kbps


Tracklist:

1 Afrodisia

2 Lotus Flower

3 Minor's Holiday

4 Basheer's Dream

5 K.D.'s Motion

6 La Villa

7 Venita's Dance

8 Echo Of Spring (AKA K.D.'s Cab Ride)

9 Minor's Holiday (Alternate Take)


Tracks 1 to 4 originally issued in 1955 as Blue Note BLP 5065
Tracks 5 to 7 originally issued in 1957 on Blue Note BLP 1535
Track 8 originally issued on box 2 of "40 Years Of Jazz: The History Of Blue Note" in Holland
Track 9 originally issued in 1987 on the first CD edition of this album


Musicians:

Kenny Dorham, trumpet

J. J. Johnson, trombone (tracks 1-4 and 9)

Hank Mobley, tenor saxophone

Cecil Payne, baritone saxophone

Horace Silver, piano

Percy Heath (tracks 5-8), Oscar Pettiford (tracks 1-4 and 9), bass

Art Blakey, drums

Carlos "Patato" Valdes, conga (tracks 1-4 and 9)

Richie Goldberg, cowbell (tracks 1-4 and 9)


Originally recorded on March 29 (tracks 1 to 4, 9) and January 30 (tracks 5 to 8), 1955 at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey


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