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Just read about this yesterday, so young. RIP.

Love the album sleeve alone! Speaking of sleeves, MUCH prefer the King over the RVG cover, but own both editions:

https://www.amazon.com/Whistle-Stop-Dorham-Journey-American/dp/1496861965

Is there a paperback?

A lot of those Black Jazz albums are great. I first discovered that label because of the Doug Carn albums. I was very happy when they were reissued a few years ago and grabbed quite a few, including that one.

New one for me but released 1976:

Good work! I would have never guessed it in a million years.

I sleuthed #4 with some luck from above hints. I'd never have guessed it, my only thought was "on Black Saint". Not really "big name" players. Track B3 here for the impatient, youtube here.

Not his most famous video but this got me to get that first CD. Love this kind of production for R&B. He always had other contemporary artists and musicians giving him props. Hate this happened. Way too young. RIP

This looks great. Thanks for posting.

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Is it Sam Rivers on 4? If not then is it Howard Johnson on tuba?

Sounds interesting but $100 for the hardcover seems a bit excessive.

What was sitting on the other side?

Same. This is a story that needs telling.

Pancreatic cancer. Just 51. Such a talent. RIP

Thanks for posting. Looking forward to this.

When I was a HS music teacher, I used to have a day where the students brought in their fave music, to study the way melody, harmony and rhythm were either used or not used in the garbage they listened to. One really talented Black kid who had perfect pitch. brought in some great D'Angelo tracks every week . It was the only good music the students brought in. Very sad that he passed at 51, RIP.

Forthcoming from the University Press of Mississippi. Whistle Stop traces the remarkable life of trumpeter and composer Kenny Dorham (1924–1972), whose journey from rural Texas to the forefront of modern jazz mirrors the broader story of Black resilience and creativity in twentieth-century America. Dorham was born in Freestone County to a sharecropping family whose roots stretch back to Reconstruction, when his great-grandfather owned and farmed land in East Texas. Raised there and in segregated East Austin, Dorham found his voice on the trumpet at Anderson High School, and after brief stops at Wiley College and in the army, he landed in New York just as bebop was transforming American music. Dorham quickly became a cornerstone of that transformation. From performing with Charlie Parker, Art Blakey, and Max Roach to mentoring younger talents like Joe Henderson, he played a defining role in shaping modern jazz. A gifted composer, collaborator, and teacher, Dorham also helped lay the foundation for formal jazz education. Yet despite his immense contributions and the respect given him by other musicians, he remained underrecognized by critics—even as he continued to influence the musical generations that followed him. Drawing on interviews, archival research, and family history, Whistle Stop offers a vivid portrait not only of a jazz innovator, but of a Texas family whose story stretches across emancipation, migration, segregation, and cultural transformation. More than fifty years after his passing, Kenny Dorham’s music and legacy continue to inspire—his whistle stop in jazz history still echoing. https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/W/Whistle-Stop

It was right next to Bob James' Explosions, how could I not?

Grew up in the 70's and was very much into Bob James, Grover Washington Jr, Spyro Gyra, and Chuck Mangione. 60's Bob James? Wow. These are the only Bob James I kept.