'Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia

'Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia
Live album by
ReleasedLate 1956[1][2]
RecordedMay 31, 1956
VenueCafé Bohemia, NYC
GenreJazz
Length2:02:44 (complete)
LabelBlue Note
BLP 1524
ProducerAlfred Lion
Kenny Dorham chronology
Afro-Cuban
(1955)
'Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia
(1956)
Jazz Contrasts
(1957)

'Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia is a live album by American jazz trumpeter Kenny Dorham recorded at the Café Bohemia on May 31, 1956 and released on Blue Note later that year.[3]

Background

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Composition and recording

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The song "Hill's Edge", credited to Dorham on the release, is partially the jazz standard Tune Up played with a new introduction and contrafact composed by Dorham. "N.Y. Theme", credited to Dorham on the release, is Thelonious Monk's 52nd Street Theme. "Royal Roost", which Dorham had recorded in 1946 as a member of Kenny Clarke's 52nd Street Boys group, was recorded by Sonny Rollins in May of 1956 under the title Tenor Madness. "Mexico City" is a contrafact of Bud Powell's composition Tempus Fugit.

Release history

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The original release featured 6 tracks; another 11 tracks, including some alternate takes, were released on two LPs in 1984 on the Japanese Blue Note label, as BNJ 61003/61004. A complete edition was released as a double-CD set in 2002.

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[5]

The AllMusic review states, "This music is designed for relaxing and grooving out. It will greatly assist anyone who is traveling by night or trying to make it through to the end of another day."[4]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected album as part of its suggested Core Collection, giving it four-of-four stars.[5]

Track listing

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Original release

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All tracks are written by Kenny Dorham, except as noted

Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Monaco"  
2."'Round About Midnight"Thelonious Monk 
3."Mexico City"  
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."A Night in Tunisia"Gillespie*, Robin 
2."Autumn in New York"Vernon Duke 
3."Hill's Edge"  

The Complete 'Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia

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All tracks are written by Kenny Dorham, except as noted.

Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)Original releaseLength
1."K.D.'s Blues" (alternate take) Volume 310:41
2."Autumn in New York"Vernon DukeVolume 14:38
3."Monaco" (alternate take) Volume 35:33
4."N.Y. Theme" Volume 35:39
5."K.D.'s Blues" Volume 29:30
6."Hill's Edge" Volume 18:16
7."A Night in Tunisia"
Volume 19:31
8."Who Cares?" (alternate take)Volume 34:59
9."Royal Roost"Volume 28:41
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Original releaseLength
1."Mexico City" Volume 16:02
2."'Round About Midnight"Thelonious MonkVolume 17:44
3."Monaco" Volume 16:37
4."Who Cares?"
  • Gershwin
  • Gershwin
Volume 26:21
5."My Heart Stood Still"Volume 27:49
6."Riffin'"Volume 37:50
7."Mexico City" (alternate take) Volume 26:33
8."The Prophet" Volume 26:20

Personnel

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Musicians

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Technical personnel

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Original

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Reissue

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References

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  1. ^ "Blue Note Records Catalog: 1500 series - album index".
  2. ^ Billboard Jan 19, 1957
  3. ^ "Kenny Dorham discography". Retrieved October 6, 2010.
  4. ^ a b arwulf, arwulf. 'Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia at AllMusic. Retrieved October 6, 2010.
  5. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) [1992]. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). New York: Penguin. pp. 392–393. ISBN 9780141034010.