Dorham, Kenny
[McKinley Howard] (near
Trumpeter
He played in swing orchestras and in the innovative bop big
bands of Dizzy Gillespie and Billy Eckstine (1945); while with Gillespie he
also appeared as a blues singer. In 1948 he began an important association with
Charlie Parker's quintet, with which he remained until 1949. He was a founding
member of the Jazz Messengers in 1954, and briefly led a similar group called
the Jazz Prophets. From 1956 to 1958 he played in Max Roach's quintet,
replacing Clifford Brown. Later he taught at the Lenox (
Barry Kernfeld
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