With Kenny Dorham, the compositions tell the story as clearly as the trumpet does. In jazz, a musician's sound is often discussed as if it were separate from the music on the page. With Kenny Dorham, ...

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 ...