Afrodisia – Kenny Dorham
A true Afro-Cuban piece that incorporates some classic jazz vocabulary with finesse. Kenny Dorham trumpet solo available.
- Recording: Kenny Dorham - Afro-Cuban
- Recorded on: March 29, 1955
- Label: Blue Note (BLP 1535)
- Concert Key: G minor
- Style: Latin (Samba)
- Trumpet - Kenny Dorham
- Tenor Sax - Hank Mobley
- Trombone - J.J. Johnson
- Baritone Sax - Cecil Payne
- Piano - Horace Silver
- Bass - Percy Heath
- Drums - Art Blakey
- Conga - Carlos "Patato" Valdes
- Cowbell - Richie Goldberg
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- • Dominique Le Voadec: tp / Jean-Marie Bellec: p / Simon Mary: b / Jean Chevalier: d. Concert dans le cadre de l'Heure Musicale du Jeudi au Conservatoire de Nantes / Nov 2011
- • Nueva Manteca featuring Nicky Marrero and Martin Verdonk playing Afrodisia
Our audio excerpt starts with the A section of the melody, which becomes an interesting AABBA form. The melody is all Latin, and is preceded on the recording with an eight-measure intro, also notated in all lead sheets. The solo form is simply AABA, with Art Blakey and other members of the rhythm section adding swing elements to the bridge against the Latin of the conga. You'll hear the soloists swing the bridge as well.
"Afro-Cuban" was recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's legendary Hackensack Studio.
Kenny Dorham's composition La Villa, from the first session of the "Afro-Cuban" album (January 30, 1955), is also available. The March 29, 1955, session is the second for this album, with a fourth horn added (trombonist J.J. Johnson) and some percussionists. Gigi's Gryce's Basheer's Dream is also from this session. There's more about K.D. during this period in the historical notes that accompany La Villa.
Don Sickler recalls, "I was glad when trumpeter Roy Hargrove asked me to arrange Afrodisia for his Crisol Habana album which won the 1998 Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Performance. It's not surprising that other Latin/Jazz groups have also recorded it. " Nueva Manteca
Kenny Dorham's composition La Villa, from the first session of the "Afro-Cuban" album (January 30, 1955), is also available. The March 29, 1955, session is the second for this album, with a fourth horn added (trombonist J.J. Johnson) and some percussionists. Gigi's Gryce's Basheer's Dream is also from this session. There's more about K.D. during this period in the historical notes that accompany La Villa.
Don Sickler recalls, "I was glad when trumpeter Roy Hargrove asked me to arrange Afrodisia for his Crisol Habana album which won the 1998 Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Performance. It's not surprising that other Latin/Jazz groups have also recorded it. " Nueva Manteca
Transcribed Trumpet Solo: Kenny Dorham's trumpet trumpet solo is available in both B-flat and C treble clef concert key editions. To show how the soloist makes the transition into a swing bridge, our audio excerpt starts with the second A of Kenny's first chorus before moving into the bridge.
Kenny Dorham
August 30, 1924 – December 15, 1972
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