Quiet Kenny
Studio album by Kenny Dorham
Released 1959
Recorded November 13, 1959
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre Jazz
Length 42:13
Label New Jazz
NJ 8225
Producer Esmond Edwards
Kenny Dorham chronology
Blue Spring
(1959) Quiet Kenny
(1959) The Kenny Dorham Memorial Album
(1960)
The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 4? stars and stated: "Cool and understated might be better watchwords for what the ultra-melodic Dorham achieves on this undeniably well crafted set of standards and originals that is close to containing his best work overall during a far too brief career... Never known as a boisterous or brash player, but also not a troubadour of romanticism — until he started singing — Dorham's music is also far from complacent, and this recording established him as a Top Five performer in jazz on his instrument. It comes recommended to all."
Track listing
01 "Lotus Blossom" (Dorham, Coslow, Johnston) - 4:39
02 "My Ideal" (Newell Chase, Robin, Whiting) - 5:06
03 "Blue Friday" (Dorham) - 8:46
04 "Alone Together" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 3:11
05 "Blue Spring Shuffle" (Dorham) - 7:38
06 "I Had the Craziest Dream" (Gordon, Warren) - 4:40
07 "Old Folks" (Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robison) - 5:11
08 "Mack the Knife" (Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill) - 3:02 Bonus track on CD reissue
Personnel
Kenny Dorham - trumpet, vocals
Tommy Flanagan - piano
Paul Chambers - double bass
Art Taylor - drums
