KENNY DORHAM & THE JAZZ PROPHETS • ORIGINAL 1956 UK MONO 10" HMV DLP 1184
  $   99

 


$ 99 Sold For
Apr 25, 2016 Sold Date
Apr 15, 2016 Start Date
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Description

 









Tracklist

• THE PROPHET

• BLUES ELEGANTE´

• DX

• TAHITIAN SUITE


 

Recording Data

Recorded at – ABC Paramount Studios, NY, April 4, 1956


Credits

Bass – SAM JONES
Drums – ARTHUR EDGEHILL
Piano – DICK KATZ
Tenor Saxophone – J.R. MONTEROSE
Trumpet – KENNY DORHAM




KENNY DORHAM IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF A NEGLECTED JAZZ MUSICIAN. HE NEVER ACHIEVED THE FAME OF HIS CONTEMPORARIES DIZZY GILLESPIE  OR  MILES DAVIS BUTSINCE A FEW DECADES HE IS NOW REGARDED AS ONE OF THE BEST TRUMPETERS OF HIS TIME  AND  HIS  VINTAGE  ALBUMS  ARE  BECOMING  SCARCER  AND  SCARCER  TO  GET... THIS  ONE, RECORDED  A  SHORT  TIME  BEFORE  JOINING  THE  “BLUE  NOTE”  FACTORY, FEATURES  KENNY SIDED  BY  GREAT  TALENTED FELLOWS INCLUDING J.R. MONTEROSE. IT  IS  ALWAYS  A  PLEASURE  TO  OFFER  FOR  AUCTION  A  SUCH  FINE  ALBUM IN A SUCH TOP CONDITION ––– FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION A VERY RARE 1957 UK 10-INCH MONO PRESSING WITH THE DEEP GROOVED LABELS. THE RECORD HAS SUPERB LUSTER AND JUST A FEWER LIGHT NON-FEELABLE MARKS, ONE OF THEM CAUSE MILD CLICKS ON LAST PART OF “TAHITIAN SUITE” BUT NOTHING THAT OVERPOWER THE LISTENING EXPERIENCE - THE JACKET WITH FLIPBACKS DOES HAVE SLIGHT WEAR TO LEFT SIDE BUT NO SPLITS ; TAX STAMP AND TRACE OF REMOVED STICKER AT BACK LOWER SIDE  –––  MATRIX NUMBERS STAMPED IN THE TRAIL-OFF DEAD WAX : OXEA 1448-1N / 1449-1N AND “G” STAMPERS AT RIGHT SIDE COME WITH ITS ORIGINAL  INNER  COMPANY  SLEEVE  (“TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOUR  RECORDS”)   ...







 


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