Kenny Dorham & Jackie McLean – Inta Somethin'
Kenny Dorham - trumpet (A1-2, B1, B3) [click here to see more vinyl featuring Kenny Dorham]
Jackie McLean - alto saxophone (A1, A3 to B3) [click here to see more vinyl featuring Jackie McLean]
Art Taylor - drums [Click here to see more vinyl featuring Art Taylor]
Leroy Vinnegar - bass
Walter Bishop Jr. – piano
Arranged by Jackie McLean
Written by Kenny Dorham (A1, B3), Burke Van Heusen (A2), Irving Berlin (A3), Frank Loesser (B1), Davis (B2), Jimmy Sherman (B2), Ramirez (B2)
1 LP, Standard sleeve by Stoughton Printing Co.
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Live
Record Press : Record Technology Incorporated
Label : Blue Note Tone Poet
Original Label : Pacific Jazz
Recorded on November 13, 1961 at The Jazz Workshop, San Francisco
Engineered by Reice Hamel
Original session produced by Richard Bock
Reissue produced by Joe Harley
Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio
Design & Photography by Woody Woodward
Liner Notes by John William Hardy, Thomas Conrad
Originally released in March 1962
Reissued in June 2024
Tracks :
Side A:
- Us
- It Could Happen to You
- Let's Face the Music
Side B:
- No Two People
- Lover Man
- San Francisco Beat
Reviews :
Kenny Dorham added stellar entries to the catalogs of Blue Note, Riverside, and New Jazz throughout the 1950s as he solidified his reputation as a leading trumpeter and composer on the jazz scene. He began 1961 in the studio for Blue Note recording his excellent album Whistle Stop and later that year cut his first date for Pacific Jazz, Inta Somethin', a spirited live recording that captured Dorham leading a quintet with alto saxophonist Jackie McLean, pianist Walter Bishop, Jr., bassist Leroy Vinnegar, and drummer Art Taylor at The Jazz Workshop in San Francisco. The band is firing on all cylinders throughout this set of four standards bookended by the Dorham originals "Us" and "San Francisco Beat." A buoyant version of "It Could Happen to You" is performed quartet as a Dorham showcase, while the trumpeter lays out on "Let's Face the Music and Dance" and "Lover Man" to give the spotlight to McLean.
The Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series was born out of Blue Note President Don Was' admiration for the exceptional audiophile Blue Note LP reissues presented by Music Matters. Was brought Joe Harley, a.k.a. the "Tone Poet," on board to curate and supervise a series of reissues from the Blue Note family of labels.
Extreme attention to detail has been paid to getting these right in every conceivable way, from the jacket graphics and printing quality to superior LP mastering (direct from the master tapes) by Kevin Gray to superb 180g audiophile LP pressings by Record Technology, Inc. Every aspect of these Tone Poet releases is done to the highest possible standard. It means that you will never find a superior version. This is IT.
Ratings:
AllMusic : 4.5 / 5 ; Discogs : 4.84 / 5