Kenny Dorham Discography - session index

1945 (age 21)

• Mercer Ellington Orch.   NYC, May 17, 1945
• Frank Humphries Orch.   fall 1945

1946

• Billy Eckstine Orch.   NYC, Jan. 3, 1946
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.   Spotlight Lounge, Washington, DC, May-June, 1946
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.   Spotlight Lounge, Washington, DC, June 18, 1946
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.   Spotlight Lounge, Washington, DC, July 6, 1946
• Dizzy Gillespie Orch.   NYC, July 9, 1946
• Sonny Stitt 5 / Kenny Dorham 5 / The Be Bop Boys   NYC, Aug. 23, 1946
• Sonny Stitt 5 / The Be Bop Boys   same location, date
• Kenny Clarke 52nd Street Boys   NYC, Sep. 5, 1946
• Fats Navarro / Gil Fuller's Modernists / The Be Bop Boys   NYC, Sep. 6, 1946

1947

• Lionel Hampton Orch.   RB, Meadowbrook Gardens, Culver City, CA, poss. c. July 18-Sep. 7, 1947
• Lionel Hampton Orch.   RB, Meadowbrook Gardens, Culver City, CA, July 20, 1947
• Lionel Hampton Orch.   LA, Aug. 6, 1947
• Art Blakey's Messengers   WOR Studios, NYC, Dec. 22, 1947
• Mercer Ellington Orch.   LA, 1947
• Mary Lou Williams Orch.   NYC, 1947

1948

• Charlie Parker 5   RB, Royal Roost, NYC, Dec. 25, 1948

1949

• Charlie Parker 5   RB, Royal Roost, NYC, Jan. 1, 1949
• Charlie Parker 5   RB, Royal Roost, NYC, Jan. 15, 1949
• Charlie Parker 5   RB, Royal Roost, NYC, Jan. 22, 1949
• Kenny Clarke's 6 with Milt Jackson   NYC, Jan. 25, 1949
• Charlie Parker 5   RB, Royal Roost, NYC, Jan. 29, 1949
• Charlie Parker 5   RB, Royal Roost, NYC, Feb. 5, 1949
• Charlie Parker 5   RB, Royal Roost, NYC, Feb. 12, 1949
• Charlie Parker 5   RB, Royal Roost, NYC, Feb. 19, 1949
• Charlie Parker 7   RB, Royal Roost, NYC, Feb. 26, 1949
• Charlie Parker 7   NYC, Feb.-Mar., 1949
• Charlie Parker 7   RB, Royal Roost, NYC, Mar. 5, 1949
• Charlie Parker 7   Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, NYC, Mar. 5, 1949
• Charlie Parker 7   RB, Royal Roost, NYC, Mar. 12, 1949
• Charlie Parker 5   NYC, May 5, 1949
• Charlie Parker 5   Salle Pleyel, Paris, France, May 8, 9 & 14 or 15, 1949
• Charlie Parker 5   Colisee Movie Theatre, Roubaix, France, May 12, 1949
• Festival International De Jazz All Stars   Salle Pleyel, Paris, France, May 15, 1949
• The Max Roach 5   Studio Technisonor, Paris, France, May 15, 1949
• Jay Jay Johnson's Boppers   NYC, May 26, 1949

1950

• Charlie Parker 5 + Guests   broadcast, Cafe Society, NYC, June-July, 1950

1951

• Thelonious Monk 5   NYC, 1951

1952

• The Thelonious Monk 6   WOR Studios, NYC, May 30, 1952

1953

• Kenny Dorham 5   NYC, Oct. 21, 1953
• Horace Silver and JM   Birdland, NYC, Oct. 31, 1953
• Kenny Dorham 5   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Dec. 15, 1953

1954 (age 30)

• Sonny Rollins 5 feat. Kenny Dorham   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Aug. 18, 1954
• Lou Donaldson 6   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Aug. 22, 1954
• Horace Silver and JM   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Nov. 13, 1954

1955

• Kenny Dorham 6   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Jan. 30, 1955
• Horace Silver and JM   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Feb. 6, 1955
• Kenny Dorham 9   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Mar. 29, 1955
• JM   Cafe Bohemia, Greenwich Village, NY, 1st set, Nov. 23, 1955
• JM   Cafe Bohemia, Greenwich Village, NY, 2nd set, Nov. 23, 1955
• JM   Cafe Bohemia, Greenwich Village, NY, 3rd set, Nov. 23, 1955
• JM   Cafe Bohemia, Greenwich Village, NY, 4th set, Nov. 23, 1955

1956

• The Birdland Stars / East West 7   Webster Hall, NYC, Feb. 27, 1956
• Tadd Dameron Orch.   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Mar. 9, 1956
• Kenny Dorham and The Jazz Prophets   NYC, Apr. 4, 1956
• Cecil Payne 5   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, May 22, 1956
• Kenny Dorham and The Jazz Prophets   Cafe Bohemia, Greenwich Village, NY, 1st set, May 31, 1956
• Kenny Dorham and The Jazz Prophets with Kenny Burrell   Cafe Bohemia, Greenwich Village, NY, 2nd set, May 31, 1956
• Kenny Dorham and The Jazz Prophets with Kenny Burrell   Cafe Bohemia, Greenwich Village, NY, 3rd set, May 31, 1956
• Kenny Dorham and The Jazz Prophets with Kenny Burrell   Cafe Bohemia, Greenwich Village, NY, 4th set, May 31, 1956
• Phil Woods 7   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, June 15, 1956
• Kenny Dorham and The Jazz Prophets   NYC, July 19, 1956
• Matthew Gee All Stars   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, July 19, 1956
• Hank Mobley 5   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, July 27, 1956
• Ernie Henry 5   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Aug. 23 & 30, 1956
• Gil Melle 4 + 3 = 7   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Aug. 24, 1956
• Max Roach 5   NYC, Sep. 17, 1956
• Max Roach 5   NYC, Sep. 19, 1956
• Sonny Rollins 5 with Kenny Dorham and Max Roach   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Oct. 5, 1956
• Max Roach 5   RB, Bandstand USA, Cafe Bohemia, Greenwich Village, NY, Oct. 10, 1956
• Max Roach 5   RB, Bandstand USA, Cafe Bohemia, Greenwich Village, NY, Dec. 12, 1956

1957

• Herb Geller 6   LA, Mar. 14, 1957
• Max Roach 5   Capitol Tower, LA, Mar. 18, 1957
• Max Roach 5   Capitol Tower, LA, Mar. 20, 1957
• Max Roach 5   Capitol Tower, LA, Mar. 21, 1957
• Kenny Dorham 5/6   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, May 21 & 27, 1957
• Hank Mobley 5   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Aug. 18, 1957
• Oscar Pettiford Orch.   NYC, Sep. 6, 1957
• A.K. Salim   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Sep. 17, 1957
• Oscar Pettiford Birdland Band   Birdland, NYC, fall 1957
• Abbey Lincoln with The Riverside Jazz Stars   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Oct. 28, 1957
• Kenny Dorham 4 feat. Ernie Henry   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Nov. 13, & Dec. 2, 1957
• Benny Golson 6   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Dec. 19 & 23, 1957
• Max Roach 4   Fine Recording, NYC, Dec. 20, 1957
• Max Roach 4   Fine Recording, NYC, Dec. 23, 1957

1958

• Max Roach 5   Chicago, Jan. 4, 1958
• Betty Carter   NYC, Feb., 1958
• Max Roach 4   Nola Penthouse Sound Studios, NYC, Apr. 11, 1958
• Kenny Dorham 5   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, July-Aug., 1958
• Abbey Lincoln   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Aug., 1958
• Cecil Taylor 5   NYC, Oct. 13, 1958
• Helen Merrill   NYC, 1958

1959

• Kenny Dorham 7 feat. Cannonball Adderley   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Jan. 20, & Feb. 18, 1959
• Kenny Dorham 5   Armory, Harlem, NYC, spr. 1959
• Abbey Lincoln   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, spr. & fall 1959
• Andy and The Bey Sisters   Apr. 15, 1959
• Barney Wilen 5   Paris, France, Apr. 24 & 25, 1959
• Barney Wilen 5   Paris, France, Apr., 1959
• John Mehegan 4   NYC, May 28, & June 2, 1959
• Kenny Dorham   Lenox, MA, Aug. 29, 1959
• Randy Weston 6   Five Spot Cafe, NYC, Oct. 26, 1959
• Oliver Nelson 5 with Kenny Dorham & Ray Bryant   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Oct. 30, 1959
• Kenny Dorham 4   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Nov. 13, 1959

1960

• Kenny Dorham 5   NYC, Jan. 10, 1960
• Kenny Dorham 5   NYC, Feb. 11, 1960
• Kenny Dorham 5   NYC, Feb. 12, 1960
• Harold Land 5 with Kenny Dorham   Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, July 5 & 8, 1960
• Jazz Artists Guild   Nola Penthouse Sound Studios, NYC, Nov. 1, 1960
• Kenny Dorham 5   NYC, Dec. 9, 1960

1961

• Kenny Dorham 5   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Jan. 15, 1961
• The Rocky Boyd 5   Bell Sound Studios, NYC, Mar. 13, 1961
• Kenny Dorham 6   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Mar. 19, 1961
• Clifford Jordan 5   Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, June 14 & 15, 1961
• Willis Conover and The Jazz Committee For Latin American Affairs   American Jazz Fest. In Latin America, Teatro Municipal, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, July 16, 1961
• Jazz Committee For Latin American Affairs   same location, date
• Dave Bailey 6   Bell Sound Studios, NYC, Oct. 1, 1961
• Kenny Dorham - Jackie McLean 5   The Jazz Workshop, SF, Nov. 13, 1961

1962

• Kenny Dorham 5   Sound Makers, NYC, Apr. 15, 1962
• Jackie McLean 5   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 14, 1962
• Milt Jackson 6   Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, Aug. 30, Oct. 31, & Nov. 7, 1962

1963

• Kenny Dorham 5   The Flamboyan, Queens, NY, Jan. 15, 1963
• Kenny Dorham 5   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Apr. 1, 1963
• Horace Silver 10   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Apr. 11, 1963
• Horace Silver 10   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Apr. 12, 1963
• Joe Henderson 5   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 3, 1963
• Joe Henderson 5   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Sep. 9, 1963
• Kenny Dorham 5   Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark, Dec. 5, 1963
• Kenny Dorham 5   Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark, Dec. 19, 1963

1964 (age 40)

• Kenny Dorham 5   Metropole Jazz Club, Oslo, Norway, Jan., 1964
• Andrew Hill 6   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Mar. 21, 1964
• Joe Henderson 5   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Apr. 7, 1964
• Joe Henderson 5   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Apr. 10, 1964
• Kenny Dorham 4   live in NYC, Aug. 21, 1964
• Kenny Dorham 5   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Sep. 14, 1964

1965

• Billy Taylor and The Be-Bop All Stars   Charlie Parker 10th Memorial Concert, Carnegie Hall, NYC, Mar. 27, 1965
• Kenny Dorham 6   NYC, c. 1965

1966

• Kenny Dorham 5   Half Note, NYC, Feb. 25, 1966
• Thad Jones - Howard McGhee - Kenny Dorham 6   NYC, July 4, 1966

1967

• The Cedar Walton 3, 4 & 5   NYC, July 10, 1967

1968

• The Barry Harris 6   NYC, June 4, 1968
• Toshiko Akiyoshi 5   Top Of The Gate-Village Gate, Greenwich Village, NY, July 30, 1968
• Cecil Payne 5   Town Sound Studios, Englewood, NJ, Dec. 16, 1968

1969

• Clifford Jordan 7/8   Town Sound Studios, Englewood, NJ, spr. 1969

1970

• Kenny Dorham 6   Charlie Parker Memorial Concert, North Park Hotel, Chicago, Aug. 16, 1970

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