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Kenny Dorham
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1924-08-30
- Active to
- 1972-12-05
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McKinley Howard (Kenny) Dorham (August 30, 1924 - December 5, 1972) was an American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer born in Fairfield, Texas. Dorham was one of the most active bebop trumpeters. He played in the big bands of Billy Eckstine, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton and Mercer Ellington and the quintet of Charlie Parker. He was a charter member of the original cooperative Jazz Messengers. He also recorded as a sideman with Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins <a href="https://www.last.fm
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Fairfield
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Blue Note
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- Kenny Dorham Advertisement.jpg
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- Kenny Dorham
- date of birth
- 1924-08-30
- date of death
- 1972-12-05
- birth name
- McKinley Howard Dorham
- ethnic group
- African Americans
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