Kenny Dorham Discography - session index

1945 (The age of 21)

• Mercer Ellington Orch.  NYC, May 17, 1945
• Frank Humphries Orch.  aut. 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
• Kenny Dorham 5 / The Bebop Boys  NYC, Aug. 23, 1946
• Sonny Stitt 5 / The Bebop Boys  NYC, Sep. 4, 1946
• Kenny Clarke 52nd Street Boys  NYC, Sep. 5, 1946
• Fats Navarro / Gil Fuller's Modernists  NYC, Sep. 6, 1946

1947

• Lionel Hampton Orch.  broadcast, Culver City, CA, June 20 or July 20, 1947
• Lionel Hampton Orch.  broadcast, Culver City, CA, June-July, 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  Royal Roost, NYC, Dec. 25, 1948

1949 (The age of 25)

• Charlie Parker 5  Royal Roost, NYC, Jan. 1, 1949
• Charlie Parker 5  Royal Roost, NYC, Jan. 15, 1949
• Charlie Parker 5  Royal Roost, NYC, Jan. 22, 1949
• Kenny Clarke 7  NYC, Jan. 25, 1949
• Charlie Parker 5  Royal Roost, NYC, Jan. 29, 1949
• Charlie Parker 5  Royal Roost, NYC, Feb. 5, 1949
• Charlie Parker 5  Royal Roost, NYC, Feb. 12, 1949
• Charlie Parker 7  Royal Roost, NYC, Feb. 19, 1949
• Charlie Parker 7  Royal Roost, NYC, Feb. 26, 1949
• Charlie Parker 7  NYC, Feb.-Mar., 1949
• Charlie Parker 7  Royal Roost, NYC, Mar. 5, 1949
• Charlie Parker 7  Waldorf Astoria Hotel, NYC, Mar. 5, 1949
• Charlie Parker 7  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
• Max Roach 5  Paris, France, May 15, 1949
• Festival International De Jazz All Stars  Salle Pleyel, Paris, France, May 15, 1949
• J.J. Johnson's Boppers  NYC, May 26, 1949
• Charlie Parker 5  NYC, aut. 1949

1950

• Charlie Parker 5  Birdland, NYC, June-July, 1950
• Charlie Parker 6  same location, date

1951

• Thelonious Monk 5  NYC, 1951

1952

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

1953

• Horace Silver & JM  Birdland, NYC, Oct. 31, 1953
• Kenny Dorham 5  NYC, Dec. 15, 1953

1954 (The age of 30)

• Sonny Rollins 5  RVG, Hackensack, NJ, Aug. 18, 1954
• Lou Donaldson 6  RVG, Hackensack, NJ, Aug. 22, 1954
• Horace Silver & JM  RVG, Hackensack, NJ, Nov. 13, 1954

1955

• Kenny Dorham 6  RVG, Hackensack, NJ, Jan. 30, 1955
• Horace Silver & JM  RVG, Hackensack, NJ, Feb. 6, 1955
• Kenny Dorham 9  RVG, Hackensack, NJ, Mar. 29, 1955
• JM  Cafe Bohemia, NYC, 1st set, Nov. 23, 1955
• JM  Cafe Bohemia, NYC, 2nd set, Nov. 23, 1955
• JM  Cafe Bohemia, NYC, 3rd set, Nov. 23, 1955
• JM  Cafe Bohemia, NYC, 4th set, Nov. 23, 1955

1956

• Al Cohn 7  Birdland, NYC, Feb. 27, 1956
• Tadd Dameron 8  RVG, Hackensack, NJ, Mar. 9, 1956
• Kenny Dorham & The Jazz Prophets  NYC, Apr. 4, 1956
• Cecil Payne 5  NYC, May 22, 1956
• Kenny Dorham & The Jazz Prophets  Cafe Bohemia, NYC, 1st set, May 31, 1956
• Kenny Dorham & The Jazz Prophets w/ Kenny Burrell  Cafe Bohemia, NYC, 2nd set, May 31, 1956
• Kenny Dorham & The Jazz Prophets w/ Kenny Burrell  Cafe Bohemia, NYC, 3rd set, May 31, 1956
• Kenny Dorham & The Jazz Prophets w/ Kenny Burrell  Cafe Bohemia, NYC, 4th set, May 31, 1956
• Phil Woods 7  RVG, Hackensack, NJ, June 15, 1956
• Kenny Dorham & The Jazz Prophets  NYC, July 19, 1956
• Matthew Gee 7  same location, date
• Hank Mobley 5  RVG, Hackensack, NJ, July 27, 1956
• Ernie Henry 5  NYC, Aug. 23, 1956
• Gil Melle 7  RVG, Hackensack, NJ, Aug. 24, 1956
• Ernie Henry 5  NYC, Aug. 30, 1956
• Max Roach 5  NYC, Sep. 17, 1956
• Max Roach 5  NYC, Sep. 19, 1956
• Sonny Rollins 5  RVG, Hackensack, NJ, Oct. 5, 1956
• Max Roach 5  broadcast, Bandstand USA, Cafe Bohemia, NYC, Oct. 10, 1956
• Max Roach 5  broadcast, Bandstand USA, Cafe Bohemia, NYC, Dec. 12, 1956

1957

• Max Roach 5  Capitol Studios, Vine Street, Hollywood, CA, Mar. 18, 1957
• Max Roach 5  Capitol Studios, Vine Street, Hollywood, CA, Mar. 20, 1957
• Max Roach 5  Capitol Studios, Vine Street, Hollywood, CA, Mar. 21, 1957
• Herb Geller 6  NYC, Mar., 1957
• Kenny Dorham 5  NYC, May 21, 1957
• Kenny Dorham 6  NYC, May 27, 1957
• Hank Mobley 5  RVG, Hackensack, NJ, Aug. 18, 1957
• Oscar Pettiford Orch.  NYC, Sep. 6, 1957
• A.K. Salim 8  RVG, Hackensack, NJ, Sep. 17, 1957
• Oscar Pettiford Birdland Band  Birdland, NYC, aut. 1957
• Abbey Lincoln  NYC, Oct. 28, 1957
• Kenny Dorham - Ernie Henry 4  NYC, Nov. 13, 1957
• Kenny Dorham - Ernie Henry 4  NYC, Dec. 2, 1957
• Benny Golson 6  Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Dec. 19, 1957
• Max Roach 4  NYC, Dec. 20, 1957
• Max Roach 4  NYC, Dec. 23, 1957
• Benny Golson 6  Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Dec. 23, 1957

1958

• Max Roach 5  Chicago, IL, Jan. 4, 1958
• Betty Carter  NYC, Feb., 1958
• Max Roach 4  Nola's Penthouse Sound Studios, NYC, Apr. 11, 1958
• Kenny Dorham 5  NYC, July 7, 1958
• Abbey Lincoln  NYC, July 24, 1958
• Kenny Dorham 5  NYC, Aug. 15, 1958
• Cecil Taylor 5  NYC, Oct. 13, 1958

1959 (The age of 35)

• Kenny Dorham 7  NYC, Jan. 20, 1959
• Kenny Dorham 7  NYC, Feb. 18, 1959
• Abbey Lincoln  NYC, Mar. 25, 1959
• Abbey Lincoln  NYC, Mar. 26, 1959
• Kenny Dorham 5  Armory, Harlem, NYC, spr. 1959
• Andy & 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  RVG, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Oct. 30, 1959
• Kenny Dorham 4  RVG, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Nov. 13, 1959
• Helen Merrill  NYC, 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  NYC, July 5, 1960
• Harold Land 5  NYC, July 8, 1960
• Jazz Artists Guild  Nola's Penthouse Sound Studios, NYC, Nov. 1, 1960
• Kenny Dorham 5  NYC, Dec. 9, 1960

1961

• Kenny Dorham 5  RVG, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Jan. 15, 1961
• Rocky Boyd 5  NYC, Mar. 13, 1961
• Kenny Dorham 6  RVG, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Mar. 19, 1961
• Clifford Jordan 5  NYC, June 14 & 15, 1961
• Jazz Committee For Latin American Affairs  Teatro Municipal, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, July 16, 1961
• Dave Bailey 6  NYC, Oct. 1, 1961
• Kenny Dorham 5  The Jazz Workshop, SF, Nov. 13, 1961

1962

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

1963

• Kenny Dorham 5  RVG, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Apr. 1, 1963
• Horace Silver 10  RVG, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Apr. 11, 1963
• Horace Silver 10  RVG, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Apr. 12, 1963
• Joe Henderson 5  RVG, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 3, 1963
• Joe Henderson 5  RVG, 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 (The age of 40)

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

1965

• Billy Taylor & The Be-Bop All Stars  Charlie Parker 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

• Cedar Walton 5  NYC, July 10, 1967

1968

• Barry Harris 6  NYC, June 4, 1968
• Toshiko Akiyoshi 5  NYC, July 30, 1968
• Cecil Payne 5  NYC, Dec. 16, 1968

1969 (The age of 45)

• Clifford Jordan 7  NYC, spr. 1969

1970

• The Charlie Parker Memorial Concert  The Charlie Parker Memorial Concert, Roosevelt College, Chicago, IL, Aug. 2, 1970