Whistle Stop (album)

Whistle Stop
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 1961
RecordedJanuary 15, 1961
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
GenreJazz, hard bop
Length38:43
LabelBlue Note
BST 84063
ProducerAlfred Lion
Kenny Dorham chronology
Showboat
(1961)
Whistle Stop
(1961)
Ease It
(1961)
Professional ratings
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AllMusic
DownBeat
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

Whistle Stop is a jazz studio album by Kenny Dorham, featuring performances by acclaimed musicians Hank Mobley, Kenny Drew, Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones. It was recorded in January 1961 at Van Gelder Studio, in Englewood Cliffs, and was originally released on Blue Note Records as BST 84063 and BLP 4063. "In 1975", Blumenthal states in the CD liner notes, "five British critics picked Whistle Stop as one of 200 albums that belonged in a basic library of jazz recorded after World War II".