KENNY DORHAM Blue Bossa In The Bronx Live From Blue Morocco NEW RSD '25 Numbered

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KENNY DORHAM "Blue Bossa In The Bronx" Live From the Blue Morocco ... NEW and sealed. Limited Edition of 3000 - 2025 Record Store exclusive. Numbered (#2060) and still sealed in the RSD poly bag. Only the CD set is available from the record company. Out-of-Print and Hard to Find. No reserve.
Kenny Dorham – Blue Bossa in the Bronx: Live From The Blue Morocco – Resonance Records #HLP-9072 – two 180 gm audiophile vinyls – 1967 recording -RSD exclusive on  04/12/25
With; Kenny Dorham – trumpet; Sonny Red – alto sax; Cedar Walton – piano; Paul Chambers – bass; Denis Chambers – drums
Kenny Dorham was a major voice on trumpet in the 1950s and 60’s. He was highly underrated, not through any lack of talent, but more due to the fact that his entrance into the NYC jazz hotbed occurred just after Dizzy Gillespie and Fats Navarro, and the emergence of Miles Davis. Noted for his mastery of “turn-arounds”(seamless modulations between keys), Dorham also was acclaimed for his melodic gifts. He made many superb albums for Blue Note Records and the OJC labels.
For this 1967 session (recorded five years before his death in 1972), Kenny had a quartet of Sonny Red, on alto; the emerging piano star, Cedar Walton; the iconic (and short lived) bass legend, Paul Chambers; and drummer, Denis Chambers.
What immediately stands out on these seven tracks (mostly standards with a few Dorham originals) is Sonny Red’s blistering attack on the alto sax. 
With just a few exceptions for the blues tracks of “Memories of You,” and “My One and Only Love,” each under five minutes, the rest of the tracks well exceed ten minutes. That gives plenty of time for solos by Dorham, Red, and Walton. 
Opening with Kenny’s most well known composition, “Blue Bossa,” written in 1963, and made more well known by Joe Henderson, a few years later, it features a blend of hard bop and bossa nova. Great line-up and exceptional song choices.
Adding to the value of this release, is a 16 page insert with rare photos and essays from jazz historians, Bob Blumenthal, and Dan Morgenstern, as well as remembrances of Kenny from living jazz trumpeter greats, Charles Tolliver, Eddie Henderson, and Steven Bernstein.
Tracklist: Side A: Blue Bossa (13:28) Side B: Confirmation (14:26), Memories of You (4:30), My One and Only Love (4:34)
Side C: Bag’s Groove (14:50) Side D: Blue Friday (13:28), The Theme (8:13)
Comes in a resealable outer with a 'Record Store Day April 12, 2025' hype sticker on its front. Gatefold jacket that includes an LP-sized 16-page booklet and plain white poly-lined inner sleeves. Hand numbered in a box on the back of the jacket.
[Back cover] Recorded live at the Blue Morocco in the Bronx, New York, in 1967 ℗©2025 Resonance Records, a division of Rising Jazz Stars, Inc., a California nonprofit corporation Made in USA. Limited-edition first pressing of 3,000
Record Store Hype Sticker: "First time release - Kenny Dorham with all-star band at Bronx club, 1967 • Limited edition 180-gram 2-LP gatefold transferred from the original master tapes • Featuring a stellar band with Sonny Red, Cedar Walton, Paul Chambers and Denis Charles • 33 1/3 RPM, Mastered bt Matthew Luttans at The Mastering Lab and pressed at Le Vinylist • Recorded live at Blue Morocco club, Bronx, NY, 1967 by engineer Bernard Drayton • Extensive 16-page insert with rare photos from K. Abe, Jan Persson, Raymond Ross and Don Schlitten • Liner notes by jazz authority Bob Blumenthal, plus interviews/statements from Eddie Henderson, Charles Tolliver, Steven Bernstein, Reggie Workman, Dan Morgenstern and others"
No reserve. Quick shipping and packed very securely.