Kenny Dorham - Matador Vinyl LP
LABEL:
Impex Records
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FILE UNDER:
Jazz / Blues
FOR FANS OF:
Lee Morgan, Hank Mobley, Jackie McLean
- First time ever on 180-gram LP
- Mastered by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering from the original analog master tapes
- Ribbed paper stock tip-on jacket faithfully reproducing the original release.
Kenny Dorham's Matador can safely claim the all too common distinction of being a classic among jazz connoisseurs while virtually unknown to the casual listener. Dorham is joined here by Jackie McLean, Bobby Timmons, Teddy Smith, and J.C. Moses, all of whom deliver outstanding performances.
More than anything, this session is perhaps best known for including a stunning version of McLean's composition "Melody for Melonae," used less than a month earlier on his groundbreaking Blue Note LP Let Freedom Ring. For this session, though, the tune is renamed "Melanie" and, if not better, this version at least rivals the take under McLean's leadership.
For starters, the addition of another horn adds some tonal depth to the proceedings, a situation arguably lacking in the tune's earlier recording. Also of note is what has to be Bobby Timmons' most intense moment on record. One rarely has the opportunity to hear Timmons dig and scrape as hard as he does during this solo, and his barely audible vocal accompaniment (...a la Bud Powell) only helps to prove this point.
PRODUCT DETAILS
- FORMAT: LP
- ARTIST: Kenny Dorham
- TITLE: Matador
- LABEL: Impex Records
- CATALOG NUMBER: IMP6042
- GENRE: Jazz / Blues
- SUB-GENRES: Post Bop
- RELEASE YEAR: 2022
- UPC: 856276002381
- CONDITION: New
TRACKLIST
01. El Matador
02. Melanie-Part 1
03. Melanie-Part 2
04. Melanie-Part 3
05. Smile
06. Beautiful Love
07. Prelude
08. There Goes My Heart
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UPC: 856276002381
SKU: FSLP-1203
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