Blue Lights, Volume 1 (LP) Klaus Mäkelä Dorham brought his own sextet

Dorham brought his own sextet into the fabled NYC jazz club in May 1956 to record his maiden live recording date under his own name

philosophers and idealists before coalescing through the dark end of the Sixties’ youthquake

This vinyl re-release uses a transfer of the master tapes and the printed inner sleeve features illuminating liner notes finally revealing the background of these recordings

blending introspective balladry with buoyant swing

record label CEOs and collectors like Dischord’s Ian MacKaye

Blue Lights, Volume 1 (LP) Klaus Mäkelä Dorham brought his own sextetKenny Burrell had been recording for Blue Note for two years when he went into Manhattan Towers to cut Blue Lights in 1958, a high quality blowing session that produced two stellar volumes. The guitarist assembled an impressive line up with trumpeter Louis Smith, tenor saxophonists Junior Cook and Tina Brooks, pianists Duke Jordan and Bobby Timmons, bassist Sam Jones, and drummer Art Blakey. Volume 1 opens with Burrells relaxed blues Yes Baby before