Showboat (Kenny Dorham album)

Showboat is an album by American jazz trumpeter Kenny Dorham featuring performances of tunes from the Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II musical Show Boat recorded in 1960 and released on the Time label.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stated "This is one of Dorham's better sessions from the era and is easily recommended to his fans and collectors of hard bop".

Track listing

All compositions by Jerome Kern except as indicated

"Why Do I Love You?" - 6:02
"Nobody Else But Me" - 5:41
"Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" - 6:37
"Make Believe" - 5:49
"Ol' Man River" - 4:14
"Bill" - 4:01

Personnel

References

Billboard Jan 9, 1961
Kenny Dorham discography accessed October 7, 2010
^ Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed October 7, 2010
Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 64. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 393. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

v t e Kenny Dorham
Studio albums	Kenny Dorham Quintet (1953) Afro-Cuban (1955) Jazz Contrasts (1957) 2 Horns / 2 Rhythm (1957) This Is the Moment! (1958) Blue Spring (1959) Quiet Kenny (1959) The Arrival of Kenny Dorham/The Kenny Dorham Memorial Album (1960 ) Jazz Contemporary (1960) Showboat (1960) Whistle Stop (1961) Matador (1962) Una Mas (1963) Trompeta Toccata (1964)
Live albums	'Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia (1956) Inta Somethin' (1961)
Compositions	"Blue Bossa"

v t e Jimmy Heath
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
As leader or co-leader	The Thumper (1959) Really Big! (1960) The Quota (1961) Triple Threat (1962) Swamp Seed (1963) On the Trail (1964) Jam Gems: Live at the Left Bank (with Freddie Hubbard, 1965) The Gap Sealer (1972) Love and Understanding (1973) The Time and the Place (1974) Picture of Heath (1975) New Picture (1985) Peer Pleasure (1987) You've Changed (1991) Little Man Big Band (1992) You or Me (1995)
With Art Farmer	The Time and the Place: The Lost Concert (Mosaic, 1966) The Art Farmer Quintet Plays the Great Jazz Hits (1967) The Time and the Place (Columbia, 1967) Homecoming (1971)
With Milt Jackson	Howard McGhee and Milt Jackson (1948) Statements (1961) Vibrations (1961) Big Bags (1962) Invitation (1962) Milt Jackson Quintet Live at the Village Gate (1963) Jazz 'n' Samba (1963) In a New Setting (1964) Ray Brown / Milt Jackson (1965) Born Free (1966) Olinga (1974)
With others	That's Right! (Nat Adderley, 1960) Up with Donald Byrd (1964) Regeneration (Stanley Cowell, 1975) Miles Davis Volume 2 (1953) Kenny Dorham Quintet (1953) Showboat (Kenny Dorham, 1960) Black Drops (Charles Earland, 1970) Soul Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1961) Smokin' (Curtis Fuller, 1972) The Quota (Red Garland, 1971) Kwanza (The First) (Albert Heath, 1973) Homecoming! (Elmo Hope, 1961) Hub Cap (Freddie Hubbard, 1961) Jay Hawk Talk (Carmell Jones, 1965) The Soul Society (Sam Jones, 1960) The Chant (Sam Jones, 1961) Down Home (Sam Jones, 1962) Latin Mann (Herbie Mann, 1965) Blue Soul (Blue Mitchell, 1959) A Sure Thing (Blue Mitchell, 1962) MJQ & Friends: A 40th Anniversary Celebration (1994) Keep Swingin' (Julian Priester, 1960) Soul Sauce (Cal Tjader, 1964) Music Inc. (Charles Tolliver, 1970) New York, New Sound (Gerald Wilson, 2003) Turned to Blue (Nancy Wilson, released 2006)

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