Kenny Dorham
Blue Bossa In The Bronx: Live From The Blue Morocco
Event: RECORD STORE DAY 2025
Release Date: 4/12/2025
Format: 2 x LP
Label: Resonance
Quantity: 2500
Release type: RSD Exclusive Release
Blue Bossa In The Bronx: Live From The Blue Morocco is a never-before-released recording of jazz trumpet icon Kenny Dorham, captured live at the Blue Morocco jazz club in The Bronx, NY in 1967 – featuring Sonny Red, Cedar Walton, Paul Chambers and Denis Charles. Transferred from the original tape reels that were recorded by engineer Bernard Drayton, the limited-edition 2 LP set was mastered for by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Le Vinylist. The elaborate booklet includes liner notes by jazz author and scholar Bob Blumenthal, plus interviews with artists who knew or were inspired by Kenny Dorham, such as Eddie Henderson, Jeremy Pelt, Steven Bernstein, Reggie Workman, Dan Morgenstern and others.
Released exclusively for Record Store Day 2025.
Tracklist
SIDE A:
1. Introduction
2. Blue Bossa
SIDE B:
3. Confirmation
SIDE C:
4. Bag's Groove
5. Memories of You
SIDE D:
6. Uptempo Blues
7. The Theme