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

| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}

|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

  1. "Why Do I Love You?" - 6:02
  2. "Nobody Else But Me" - 5:41
  3. "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" - 6:37
  4. "Make Believe" - 5:49
  5. "Ol' Man River" - 4:14
  6. "Bill" - 4:01

Personnel

References

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Category:Kenny Dorham albums

Category:1961 albums

Category:Albums produced by Bob Shad