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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.[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [5]

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".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Jerome Kern except as indicated

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

Personnel

References

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