Showboat (Kenny Dorham album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Showboat
| type = Album
| artist = Kenny Dorham Quintet
| cover = Show Boat (Kenny Dorham album).jpg
| alt =
| released = End of January 1961[https://books.google.com/books?id=LiEEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Showboat+Kenny+Dorham&pg=PA18 Billboard Jan 9, 1961]
| recorded = December 9, 1960
New York City
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 32:24
| label = Time Records
Time 52024
| producer = Bob Shad
| chronology = Kenny Dorham
| prev_title = Jazz Contemporary
| prev_year = 1960
| next_title = Whistle Stop
| next_year = 1961
}}
Showboat is an album by American jazz trumpeter Kenny Dorham featuring performances of tunes from the Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II musical Show Boat recorded in 1960 and released on the Time label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/kenny-dorham/catalog/#time-m-52024 Kenny Dorham discography] accessed October 7, 2010
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
|rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev2Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| author-link =
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = 64
}}
|rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|4}} {{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=393}}
}}
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stated "This is one of Dorham's better sessions from the era and is easily recommended to his fans and collectors of hard bop".Yanow, S. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r137834|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed October 7, 2010
Track listing
All compositions by Jerome Kern except as indicated
- "Why Do I Love You?" - 6:02
- "Nobody Else But Me" - 5:41
- "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" - 6:37
- "Make Believe" - 5:49
- "Ol' Man River" - 4:14
- "Bill" - 4:01
Personnel
- Kenny Dorham - trumpet
- Jimmy Heath - tenor saxophone
- Kenny Drew - piano
- Jimmy Garrison - bass
- Art Taylor - drums
References
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