''Una Mas'', titled ''Una Mas (One More Time)'' on the front cover, is a jazz album by trumpeter

Kenny Dorham McKinley Howard "Kenny" Dorham (August 30, 1924 – December 5, 1972) was an American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer. Dorham's talent is frequently lauded by critics and other musicians, but he never received the kind of attention or public ...

and his quintet, released in 1963 on

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as BLP 4127 and BST 84127. The album would be the next-to-last studio session led by the trumpeter. ''Una Mas'' features three compositions by Dorham himself. An outtake from the session, the ballad "If Ever I Would Leave You", comes from the

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musical ''

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''. At the time, Dorham was still relatively unknown to the jazz audience, and spoke of his lack of musical fame to Nat Hentoff:

Compositions

"Una Mas" is a 16-bar tune pertaining to

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genre. Dorham felt positive about it: "The groove was very good. ..You can switch to almost any kind of feeling when you're improvising on this; from bossa nova to blues." Dorham had earlier recorded "Una Mas" under the title "Us" and released the piece on his 1961 live album '' Inta Somethin'''.Bob Blumenthal's 1999 liner notes "At the time, the tune had a shuffle beat and a written introduction that is omitted here". In a live performance of "Una Mas" recorded in January of 1961 and released on the CD ''Flamboyan, Queens, New York, 1963'' (Uptown Records UPCD2760), Dorham introduced "Una Mas" using the title "My Injun From Brazil." "Sao Paulo" is dedicated to the Brazilian city Dorham had visited in 1960 during a tour. According to Dorham himself, the piece has "a half bossa feeling and the other half is something else". " The session outtake "If Ever I Would Leave You" had music composed by

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and was first issued in 1987. According to Bob Blumenthal's notes, it was "probably omitted because it presented a different feeling from the rest of the material".

Track listing

All compositions by Kenny Dorham, except where noted #"Una Mas (One More Time)" - 15:19 #"Straight Ahead" - 8:58 #"Sao Paulo" - 7:20 #"If Ever I Would Leave You" (

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) - 5:07

Personnel

- trumpet (voice end of track 1) *

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- tenor saxophone *

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- piano *

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- bass * Tony Williams - drums

References

{{Authority control 1964 albums Kenny Dorham albums Blue Note Records albums Albums produced by Alfred Lion Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio