This Is the Moment!

{{Infobox album

| name = This Is the Moment! Kenny Dorham Sings and Plays

| type = Album

| cover = This Is the Moment!.jpg

| alt =

| released = November 1958{{Cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fSEEAAAAMBAJ&q=275+Kenny+Dorham&pg=PA6 |title=New Releases |magazine=Billboard |date=November 3, 1958 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |page=6 |via=Google Books}}

| recorded = July 7 & August 15, 1958

| venue =

| studio = Reeves Sound Studios
New York City

| genre = Jazz

| length = 37:40

| label = Riverside
RLP 12-275{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dnGfoaI5eT4C&q=This+Is+the+Moment%21+kenny+dorham+1958&pg=PA419|title=Texan Jazz|first=Dave|last=Oliphant|date=May 10, 1996|publisher=University of Texas Press|isbn=9780292760455|via=Google Books}}

| producer = Orrin Keepnews

| chronology = Kenny Dorham

| prev_title = 2 Horns / 2 Rhythm

| prev_year = 1957

| next_title = Blue Spring

| next_year = 1959

}}

This Is the Moment! (subtitled Kenny Dorham Sings and Plays) is an album by American jazz trumpeter Kenny Dorham featuring performances recorded in 1958 and released on the Riverside label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/kenny-dorham/catalog/#riverside-rlp-12-275 Kenny Dorham discography] accessed October 7, 2010 Dorham sings on the album, for the first and only time in his discography.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xs_8j7s8xdoC&q=This+Is+the+Moment%21+kenny+dorham+1958&pg=PA80|title=Bebop|first=Scott|last=Yanow|date=May 10, 2000|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9780879306083|via=Google Books}} The album marks the recording debut of pianist Cedar Walton.

Reception

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

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

|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

|rev2score = {{Rating|3|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 that "this recording must have surprised most jazz listeners at the time, for trumpeter Kenny Dorham sings on all ten selections... Dorham had an OK voice, musical if not memorable, but the arrangements for these selections are inventive and pleasing."Yanow, S. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r137835|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed October 7, 2010

Track listing

"Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer) – 3:09
"I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson, Jon Hendricks) – 2:56
"Since I Fell for You" (Buddy Johnson) – 4:16
"I Understand" (Kim Gannon, Mabel Wayne) – 4:12
"From This Moment On" (Cole Porter) – 4:47
"This Is the Moment" (Frederick Hollander, Leo Robin) – 2:37
"Angel Eyes" (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis) – 5:26
"Where Are You?" (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) – 4:29
"Golden Earrings" (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston, Victor Young) – 2:41
"Make Me a Present of You" (Joe Greene) – 3:07

:*Recorded by Jack Higgins at Reeves Sound Studios in New York City on July 7, 1958 (tracks 1, 3–4, 6–8 & 10) and May 27 (tracks 2, 5 & 9), 1957

Personnel

Kenny Dorham – trumpet, vocals
Curtis Fuller – trombone
Cedar Walton – piano
Sam Jones – bass
G.T. Hogan (tracks 2, 5 & 9), Charlie Persip (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6–8 & 10) – drums

References

Category:Riverside Records albums

Category:Kenny Dorham albums

Category:1958 albums