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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I really can't seem to understand the priorities of Capitol/EMI/Blue Note Records - they spend tons of money to re-edition this or that over-exposed or rightfully-obscure recording (think early-Miles or early-Rollins) and let gems like this fall completely through the cracks.
For many years this item was available straight off the racks as one of BN's Dorham staples, but has clearly fallen out of print. Unlike many albums of this era and personnel, it has not been given 'Connoisieur' status, though this will probably change soon.
This record is the first *major* collaboration and showcasing of Mr. Dorham with tenor-legend-to-be Joe Henderson. Unlike the preceding and flawed 'Una Mas' (senselessly re-released as an RVG re-master) both Dorham and Henderson are in top form here, stripping the brass off many an otherwise straight-ahead melody, paving the way for post-bop. This collection also bests the previous album in that an assured Tommy Flanagan sits at the piano, rather than a young and unsure Hancock. If you are serious about mid-sixties jazz, this is a must-have.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Blue Note gem from Kenny
14 Sep 2006
Format:Audio CD
This quintet recording by Kenny Dorham from 1964 is superb from beginning to end. Everyone is in top form. Joining Kenny are Joe Henderson on tenor, Tommy Flanagan on piano, and the rhythm section of Richard Davis (b) and Albert Heath (d). The title track is a strongly punctuated piece with powerful solos by Kenny and Joe - but it goes into a whole other dimension at Flanagan's solo: it becomes almost dreamy and other-worldly. It's a great performance. In fact, Tommy might be the star of the date - his playing is magnificent and varied on every cut. Dorham takes a very fleet solo on the up-tempo blues THE FOX. Joe's best solo is on NIGHT WATCH, while Flanagan shines brilliantly again on the medium blues MAMACITA (no relation to Jelly Roll Morton's tune of the same title). There's a freshness and excitement on this album that is very attractive and sets the CD off from many others. Great stuff, definitely worth checking out.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Five stars for five stars.
19 July 2008
Format:Audio CD
This is just a terrific recording. The interplay between all the musicians is outstanding. Richard Davis on bass is phenomenal - he threatens to grab the music and take it beyond its apparent rhythmic and melodic boundaries, and the tension he creates is enormous and exciting. Tommy Flanagan is superb, and uttery individual, almost at odds with the approach taken by Davis - introducing beauty of line, and delicate shading of dynamics, he veers towards the romantic, asking the question whether the roots of the music lie in song - he is very much in conversation with Davis for much of the album. Albert Heath on drums, whom I've rarely heard, sparkles with energy, lightening moments which otherwise threaten to dissolve into atonality. Part of that threat comes from Joe Henderson who, as on so many of his Blue Note recordings of this period, is searching and inventive - his playing is the polar opposite of complacent. In the Latin tinged Mamacita, Henderson undermines the groove, insisting that the track holds more than its surface suggests - this track has a langour, almost a laziness, that is captivating, laced as it is with irony - if this is meant to be the band's version of The Sidewinder, it's one where the groove has melted, and the emotion has fermented - for some strange reason it reminds me of some recordings by Portishead. On The Fox, and the title track Henderson partners Davis into ever wilder and gruff excursions into harmonic tension. Of course, Dorham as leader complements all his partners, his playing embodying both the bold and the romantic. All of this showcased by a superb technical recording and remastering by Rudy van Gelder - the ethereal tone of Dorham's trumpet really shines, with a great sense of space and air surrounding his instrument. Easily as good as Dorham's other Blue Notes, Trompeta Toccata is something truly special.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Another solid Blue Note Release
12 Jun 2000
Format:Audio CD
Trompeta Toccata is another good collaboration from the early 1960s between trumpeter Kenny Dorham and saxophonist Joe Henderson. If you like Dorham's "Una Mas" and Henderson's "Page One", "Our Thing", and "In n Out", you will like this session.
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