Short Story is a jazz tune written by trumpeter Kenny Dorham. It appears on the live album Short Story, released in 1963 on the SteepleChase label. The recording comes from a Copenhagen Danish Radio session in the early 1960s, featuring Kenny Dorham on trumpet with Allan Botschinsky on flugelhorn, Tete Montoliu on piano, Niels Henning Ørsted Pedersen on bass, and Alex Riel on drums. The program includes tracks such as Short Story, Bye Bye Blackbird, Manha De Carnival, and The Touch of Your Lips. The performance blends trumpet and flugelhorn in a bold, energetic hard bop jazz style, highlighting Dorham’s fiery playing and a tight, lively rhythm section.
