The vagaries of the jazz life are all over this release. Why Kenny Dorham should be underappreciated is a mystery. For the gig at the Blue Morocco he had assembled a great super group with a deep well ...

Kenny Dorham was once 10 feet tall, lean and healthy. In Miles Davis’ autobiography, one of the mightiest forces in music, let alone jazz, recounts a 1956 winter date at Cafe Bohemia, a onetime ...

Dave Oliphant knows jazz. And he knows the work of Texas trumpeter Kenny Dorham well enough to riff on it, translating Dorham’s life and music into literature in his latest book, KD: A Jazz Biography.

Trumpeter Kenny Dorham's stature in jazz history is undeniable, yet he remains one of music's most under-appreciated masters. Despite being a vital presence among the great innovators of his era, ...