“Mexico City” is a well-known bebop composition by jazz trumpeter Kenny Dorham. It is most famously featured on his 1956 live album, ‘Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia, recorded for Blue Note Records.
🎶Song Overview
- Musical Style: A minor-key, uptempo bebop “workout” characterized by an animated rhythmic kick and a classic 32-measure AABC form.
- Origins: The track is a contrafact—a new melody written over the existing chord progression—of Bud Powell’s composition “Tempus Fugit”.
- Recording Details: Recorded live at the Cafe Bohemia in New York City on May 31, 1956. The sessions were engineered by Rudy Van Gelder.
- Personnel:
- Kenny Dorham: Trumpet
- J.R. Monterose: Tenor Saxophone
- Bobby Timmons: Piano
- Kenny Burrell: Guitar
- Sam Jones: Double Bass
- Arthur Edgehill: Drums
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