Joe Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 (edited) I was reacquainting myself with Bird Royal Roost recordings originally compiled / released on Savoy this weekend, and was reminded by Loren Schoenberg's annotations that: [Kenny] Dorham played tenor saxophone early in his career, which seems to have exerted a strong influence in the shaping of his almost un-trumpet-like style. Few could match him at a tempo like this. (In reference to his playing on "Be-Bop", 01/01/1949; p. 34, liners, Bird's THE COMPLETE LIVE PERFORMANCES ON SAVOY) Then, today, upon receiving my copy of the recent Uptown release of KD's FLAMBOYAN recordings, I flipped through the booklet only to find a wonderful Popsie Randolph photo of KD holding both axes. So, my question... does anyone know of any official or unofficial recordings of Dorham on tenor? Any recollections of seeing him perform on that horn? Other observations re: the possibly influence his saxophony might have had on his trumpetism? Edited February 2, 2010 by Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 (edited) Wow, now that's a revelation. Never knew that. And while I can't rightly explain why (other than what I perceive to be his unorthodox, yet still fairly "inside"-sounding style and/or technique) -- I'm suddenly moved to ask if Johnny Coles ever played anything else before trumpet?? Seriously. Edited February 3, 2010 by Rooster_Ties Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 (edited) oooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!! live KD concert??? what what what?!??!?! how long have we known about this!!! ooooooo! Edited February 3, 2010 by chewy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 k so whats the story on this comming out of the woodwork? is this a chuck N. release? whose tape is it? is it a boris rose thing? did we know about this for a while or is it 'recently discovered"- etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 meet me in organissmo chat in 5 min. to discuss this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 oooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!! live KD concert??? what what what?!??!?! how long have we known about this!!! ooooooo! Previous thread on that KD Uptown release! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 thank u brownie!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 I don't have any of Dorham playing tenor, but I do have him singing tenor in a Puccini opera. or is it counter tenor? Bargain counter tenor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat5 Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 I have been aware that KD started on tenor but have never found any recordings to check that out. There are recordings of him singing I believe. I don't know of any recordings of Jimmy Hamilton playing trumpet either. or of Lester Young's sister playing sax. or of Bird playing clarinet. etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazztrain Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 KD sings on his album "This is the Moment!" on Riverside. I have been aware that KD started on tenor but have never found any recordings to check that out. There are recordings of him singing I believe. I don't know of any recordings of Jimmy Hamilton playing trumpet either. or of Lester Young's sister playing sax. or of Bird playing clarinet. etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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