| LC control no. | n 83056867 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | ML419.D68 Biography |
| Personal name heading | Dorham, Kenny, 1924-1972 |
| Variant(s) | Dorham, McKinley Howard, 1924-1972 Durham, Kinney, 1924-1972 Durham, Kenny, 1924-1972 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1924-08-30 |
| Death date | 1972-12-05 |
| Place of birth | Fairfield (Tex.) |
| Place of death | New York (N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | jazz |
| Affiliation | Wiley College (Marshall, Tex.) Jazz Messengers Lenox School of Jazz (Lenox, Mass.) |
| Profession or occupation | Trumpet players |
| Found in | Tommy Flanagan Trio and Sextet. [Phonodisc] 1973. Fats Navarro with Kenny Dorham, Sonny Stitt, Bud Powell, Kenny Clarke, Tadd Dameron, etc. [SR] p1985: labels (Kenny Dorham, trumpet) Fats, Bud, Klook, Sonny, Kinney [SR] 196-?: labels (Kinney Durham, trumpet) Charlie Parker [SR] 196-?: labels (Kenny Durham, trumpet) New Grove dict. of jazz (Dorham, Kenny (McKinley Howard); b. 8-30-24, Fairfield, TX, d. 12-5-72, New York, trumpet) African American National Biography, accessed December 16, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Dorham, Kenny; McKinley Howard Dorham; QuietKenny; trumpeter, jazz musician; born 30 August 1924 Near Fairfield, Texas, United States; attended pharmacy school at Wiley College; worked with Dizzy Gillespie's first big band (1945); worked with the big bands of Lionel Hampton and Mercer Ellington (1947-1948); founding member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers (1954); taught at the Lenox School of Jazz (1958-1959); was at the peak of his influence and importance (1964; died 05 December 1972 in New York, New York, United States) |
| Invalid LCCN | no 98035221 |
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