KENNY DORHAM “Round About Midnight” BLUE NOTE 1524 DG FLAT RVG LEX ’56 frame NM-

$

1,900

Artist:   KENNY DORHAM

Title:  “’Round About Midnight at the Café Bohemia”

Label:   BLUE NOTE - # BLP 1524.  Monaural pressing on medium weight vinyl, with deep groove.  Label is blue with silver text. 

RVG (etched) and Plastylite “P” (“ear”) are in the dead wax. 

Label address is Blue Note Records, 767 Lexington Ave, NYC.  No “R” under logo.

Year:  1956

NOTE:  This came from the same collection as the Sonny Clark “Dial ‘S’ for Sonny” LP I am also offering on eBay this week, where the original owner played his records sparingly and handled with utmost care.

Personnel:

Kenny Dorham – trumpet

JR Monterose – tenor sax

Kenny Burrell – guitar

Bobby Timmons – piano

Sam Jones – bass

Arthur Edgehill - drums.

Condition:

DISC:  Vinyl is NM- with full original gloss.  Has been played a small number of times and handled with utmost care.  No marks, no scratches, no scuffs – a beautiful disc in both appearance and sound.  Plays beautifully with superb fidelity – no noise, no ticks, no skips, no groove wear.  One of the most desirable early Blue Notes, this investment grade LP is one that you will never need to upgrade.        

JACKET:  “Frame” (kakabuchi) style jacket is nice VG+.  Front art work is nice and bright, with very slight traces of surface wear just beginning to appear.  Reverse is clean with some slight surface wear and the catalog number “1524” written neatly in pen in the top right corner, but overall very nice in appearance.  I would have graded this jacket at least one grade higher, except for the presence of some wear and minor chipping on both top and bottom seams and spine.  No splits.  Corner tips are moderately worn.  Overall a very presentable jacket to accompany the superb disc.     

Track Listing:

SIDE 1:

• Monaco

• ‘Round About Midnight

• Mexico City

SIDE 2:

• A Night in Tunisia

• Autumn in New York

• Hill’s Edge

Review:

“'Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia is a live 1956 album from trumpeter Kenny Dorham.  Recorded at the Greenwich Village jazz club Cafe Bohemia, the album features Dorham backed by guitarist Kenny Burrell, saxophonist J.R. Monterose, pianist Bobby Timmons, bassist Sam Jones, and drummer Arthur Edgehill.  This is a swinging date of superb hard bop jazz that was originally released in two separate volumes.”

(review courtesy of Matt Collar, allmusic.com)

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This is the "flat edge" pressing.