Dorham, Kenny, 1924-1972
URI(s)
Variants
- Dorham, McKinley Howard, 1924-1972
- Durham, Kinney, 1924-1972
- Durham, Kenny, 1924-1972
Additional Information
Birth Date
- 1924-08-30
Death Date
- 1972-12-05
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Wiley College (Marshall, Tex.)
- Organization: Jazz Messengers
- Organization: Lenox School of Jazz (Lenox, Mass.)
Birth Place
- Fairfield (Tex.)
Field of Activity
jazz
Occupation
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
- found: Tommy Flanagan Trio and Sextet. [Phonodisc] 1973.
- found: Fats Navarro with Kenny Dorham, Sonny Stitt, Bud Powell, Kenny Clarke, Tadd Dameron, etc. [SR] p1985:labels (Kenny Dorham, trumpet)
- found: Fats, Bud, Klook, Sonny, Kinney [SR] 196-?:labels (Kinney Durham, trumpet)
- found: Charlie Parker [SR] 196-?:labels (Kenny Durham, trumpet)
- found: New Grove dict. of jazz(Dorham, Kenny (McKinley Howard); b. 8-30-24, Fairfield, TX, d. 12-5-72, New York, trumpet)
- found: African American National Biography, accessed December 16, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Dorham, Kenny; McKinley Howard Dorham; QuietKenny; trumpeter, jazz musician; born 30 August 1924 Near Fairfield, Texas, United States; attended pharmacy school at Wiley College; worked with Dizzy Gillespie's first big band (1945); worked with the big bands of Lionel Hampton and Mercer Ellington (1947-1948); founding member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers (1954); taught at the Lenox School of Jazz (1958-1959); was at the peak of his influence and importance (1964; died 05 December 1972 in New York, New York, United States)
LC Classification
- ML419.D68
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
Collection Membership(s)
Change Notes
- 1983-07-27: new
- 2019-09-10: revised
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