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Kenny Dorham · 1956 · live at the Café Bohemia

Context

A Kenny Dorham composition recorded on May 31, 1956 at Café Bohemia in New York and released by Blue Note on 'Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia. The trumpeter leads a sextet there with J. R. Monterose, Kenny Burrell and Bobby Timmons; the same year, he replaced Clifford Brown in Max Roach's quintet.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Hard bop. Among the origins and influences of Hard bop: Blues, spirituals, work songs, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

Sources

• EN: 'Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia
• EN: Kenny Dorham

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