Kenny Dorham & Jackie McLean - Into Somethin' (Vinyl, Blue Note Tone Poet Series)

Kenny Dorham & Jackie McLean - Into Somethin' (Vinyl, Blue Note Tone Poet Series)

The Blue Note Tone Poet Series was born out of Blue Note President Don Was' admiration for the exceptional audiophile Blue Note LP reissues presented by Music Matters. Was brought Joe Harley (from Music Matters), a.k.a. the "Tone Poet," on board to curate and supervise a series of reissues from the Blue Note family of labels.

Kenny Dorham added stellar entries to the catalogs of Blue Note, Riverside, and New Jazz throughout the 1950s as he solidified his reputation as a leading trumpeter and composer on the jazz scene. He began 1961 in the studio for Blue Note recording his excellent album Whistle Stop and later that year cut his first date for Pacific Jazz, Inta Somethin', a spirited live recording that captured Dorham leading a quintet with alto saxophonist Jackie McLean, pianist Walter Bishop Jr., bassist Leroy Vinnegar, and drummer Art Taylor at The Jazz Workshop in San Francisco.

The band is firing on all cylinders throughout this set of four standards bookended by the Dorham originals "Us" and "San Francisco Beat." A buoyant version of "It Could Happen To You" is performed quartet as a Dorham showcase, while the trumpeter lays out on "Let's Face The Music And Dance" and "Lover Man" to give the spotlight to McLean.

Title: Into Somethin'
Artist: Kenny Dorham & Jackie McLean
Format: LP
Release Date: 6/7/2024
Label: Blue Note Records
UPC: 602448321855
Genre: Jazz

Track List:

Side A
1. Us
2. It Could Happen To You
3. Let's Face The Music And Dance

Side B
1. No Two People
2. Lover Man
3. San Francisco Beat