DORHAM, MCKINLEY HOWARD

DORHAM, MCKINLEY HOWARD (KENNY). Jazz trumpeter (30 August 1924 in Fairfield, Texas; d. 5 December 1972 in New York, New York). He came from a musical family: his father played guitar, and his mother and a sister played piano. He obtained his musical education in the public schools of Austin, Texas, and at Wiley College in Marshall,Texas, where he played in the college band. After service in the United States Armed Forces, he began playing professionally. Those with whom he...