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Kenny Dorham enriched the catalogues of Blue Note, Riverside, and New Jazz with outstanding albums in the 1950s, cementing his reputation as one of the leading trumpeters and composers on the jazz scene. He began 1961 with the recording of his excellent Blue Note album “Whistle Stop” and later that year, together with alto saxophonist Jackie McLean, recorded his first album for Pacific Jazz: “Inta Somethin'” is an extremely spirited live recording from November 13, 1961, at the Jazz Workshop (San Francisco), which shows the two former Jazz Messengers – accompanied by pianist Walter Bishop Jr., bassist Leroy Vinnegar, and drummer Art Taylor – in top form, brimming with ideas. The band plays with full force in this set of four standards, framed by the Dorham originals “Us” and “San Francisco Beat”. A lively version of “It Could Happen To You” is played as a quartet and is a showcase for Dorham, while the trumpeter lets McLean take the lead on “Let's Face The Music And Dance” and “Lover Man”. In DownBeat, renowned critic Ira Gitler later described Dorham and McLean as “two of the most passionate and lyrical performers in jazz”.
As part of the extremely popular “Blue Note 85th Anniversary Reissue Series”, Universal Music Japan presents the sonically impressive remastering of this jazz classic by the legendary Kevin Gray, who is also responsible for the analog reissues of Blue Note US such as “Tone Poet” and “Classic Vinyl” – as a limited-edition Japan only UHQCD with OBI Stripe.
UHQCD
1. Us
2. It Could Happen To You
3. Let’s Face The Music And Dance
4. No Two People
5. Lover Man
6. San Francisco Beat