My Ideal (Kenny Dorham)

Kenny Dorham · 1959 · Standard en deuxième plage de Quiet Kenny

Context

My Ideal was recorded on November 13, 1959 at Van Gelder's for Quiet Kenny (New Jazz, 1960). The Penguin Guide to Jazz calls the album a “minor masterpiece.”

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).

By the same artist

• Lotus Blossom (1959)
• Blue Friday (1959)
• I Had the Craziest Dream (1959)
• Old Folks (Kenny Dorham) (1959)
• Philly Twist (1961)
• Buffalo (1961)

Sources

• EN: Quiet Kenny

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