Brown's Town – Kenny Dorham
A stop-time medium swinger originally recorded by Kenny Dorham with sax icon Joe Henderson. Our "K.D. Challenge" version has Minus You tracks for all instruments.
- Recording: Joe Henderson - In 'n Out
- Recorded on: April 10, 1964
- Label: Blue Note (BLP 4166)
- Concert Key: E-flat minor
- Vocal Range: , to
- Style: Swing (medium)
- Trumpet - Kenny Dorham
- Tenor Sax - Joe Henderson
- Piano - McCoy Tyner
- Bass - Richard Davis
- Drums - Elvin Jones
Video
- Description
- Historical Notes
- Solos
- Piano Corner
- Bass Corner
- Drum Corner
- Guitar Corner
- Inside & Beyond
- Minus You
"In 'n Out" was the penultimate recording by Joe Henderson and Kenny Dorham. Bassist Richard Davis played on all three Henderson/Dorham albums recorded in 1964; the other two are Andrew Hill's classic "Point Of Departure", recorded in March of that year with Eric Dolphy, Hill, and Tony Williams, and Kenny's September 1964 album "Trompeta Toccata" with Tommy Flanagan and Tootie Heath.
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- Recording: Don Sickler - The K.D. Challenge
- Recorded on: October 6, 2001
- Label: jazzleadsheets.com (JLS 1033)
- Concert Key: E-flat minor
- Vocal Range: , to
- Style: Swing (medium)
- Trumpet - Don Sickler
- Alto Sax - Bobby Porcelli
- Piano - Cecilia Coleman
- Bass - Tim Givens
- Drums - Vince Cherico
Video
- Description
- Historical Notes
- Solos
- Piano Corner
- Bass Corner
- Drum Corner
- Guitar Corner
- Inside & Beyond
- Minus You
Learn more: About the K.D.Challenge.
The quintet playing on "The K.D. Challenge" recording in 2001 were inspired by their surroundings; they recorded in the same studio as Kenny Dorham and Joe Henderson, and the recording engineer, Rudy Van Gelder, was the same legendary engineer who created the "Blue Note" sound.
Check out all the great "K.D. Challenge" recordings!
-- melody
-- alto sax solo 2 choruses
-- piano solo 2 choruses
-- trumpet solo 2 choruses
-- bass solo 1 chorus
-- out melody
mp3 minus melody
-- count off sets up the melody
-- play the melody
-- 4 solo choruses
-- play the out melody
The Performance version has two solo choruses instead of four
mp3 minus Piano
-- count off sets up the melody
-- play figures for the melody
-- comp for the alto sax solo 2 choruses
-- solo 2 choruses
-- comp for the trumpet solo 2 choruses
-- comp for the bass solo 1 chorus
-- play figures for the out melody
mp3 minus Bass
-- count off sets up the melody
-- play figures for the melody
-- walk for the alto sax, piano, and trumpet solos (2 choruses each)
-- solo 1 chorus
-- play figures for the out melody
mp3 minus Drums - sticks throughout on the recording; brushes can be used for the bass solo
-- count off sets up the melody
-- play figures for the melody
-- comp for the alto sax, piano, and trumpet solos (2 choruses each) and the bass solo (1 chorus)
-- play figures for the out melody
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- Recording: Harold Danko - Escapades
- Recorded on: January, 2008
- Label: SteepleChase (SCCD 31674)
- Concert Key: E-flat minor
- Vocal Range: , to
- Style: Swing (medium)
- Piano - Harold Danko
- Bass - Michael Formanek
- Drums - Jeff Hirshfield
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Video
- Description
- Historical Notes
- Solos
- Piano Corner
- Bass Corner
- Drum Corner
- Guitar Corner
- Inside & Beyond
- Minus You
If you get our C bass clef lead sheet, you'll have what you need to play Brown's Town as a Bass feature, as bassist Michael Formanek has on this piano trio recording. On this trio recording, the bass plays the melody for all three A sections of the melody, with the piano playing the bridge melody.
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Kenny Dorham
August 30, 1924 – December 15, 1972
Trumpeter/composer Kenny Dorham was very much on the jazz scene from the mid-1940s through most of the 1960s. He worked and recorded with all the major figures in the modern jazz movement, which includes the legendary Billy Eckstine big band, Dizzy Gillespie, Art Blakey, Bud Powell, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk and Max Roach as well as Kenny Clarke, Sonny Stitt, Fats Navarro, J.J. Johnson and many other giants of that period. Read more...