Night Watch – Kenny Dorham

This exquisite K.D. classic can't be described in words. It's a delicate yet profound medium-tempo swinger in K.D.'s unique style, with lots of rhythm section activity, especially for the bass. Listen to our audio excerpts! Explore this song with the Minus You tracks of our "K.D. Challenge" version for a real treat.

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...

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