Blues in Bebop (1998)

About this title: Kenny Dorham was a solid and forward-thinking modernist when he emerged in the mid-to-late 1940s. The trumpeter was overshadowed throughout his career by the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Clifford Brown, Lee Morgan and Freddie Hubbard, and became the epitome of the word "underrated." Dorham never recorded as a leader for Savoy other than co-leading the Be Bop Boys with altoist Sonny Stitt, so this single CD is just a sampling of his sideman appearances. Definitely not for completists since all but the Bebop Boys date issued here are incomplete, one wonders who the disc is aimed at, ... read more

Tracks:

1. The Jitney Man [Hines/Valentine]
2. Bebop in Pastel [Take 3] [Powell]
3. Fool's Fancy [Dorham/Powell]
4. Bombay [Brown/Dorham/Fuller]
5. Ray's Idea [Fuller/Brown]
6. Serenade to a Square [Powell]
7. Good Kick [Stitt]
8. Seven Up [Stitt]
9. Blues in Bebop [Dorham]
10. Bebop in Pastel [Take 2] [Powell]
11. Bebop in Pastel [Take 4] [Powell]
12. Conglomeration [Jackson]
13. Bruz [Jackson]
14. Roll 'Em, Bags [Jackson]
15. Scrapple from the Apple [Parker]
16. Barbados [Parker]
17. Be Bop [Gillespie]
18. Saucer Eyes [Weston]
19. Man of Moods [Payne/Jordan]
20. Bringing up Father [Payne]
21. Groovin' High [Gillespie]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.