Kenny Burrell

Artist:  Kenny Burrell
Birth Name:  Kenneth Earl Burrell
Born:  July 31, 1931.  Detroit, Michigan, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Guitar Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Cool Jazz, Soul Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Blues
Occupation:  Musician, Composer, Educator
Instruments:  Guitar, Vocals

Kenny Burrell is an American Jazz Guitarist, best known for his collaborations with Jimmy Smith hit album Organ Grinder Swing, in Top 20 on Billboard in 1965.  He has cited Jazz Guitarists Charlie Christian and Django Reinhardt as influences, along with Blues Musicians T-Bone Walker and Muddy Waters.  He also serves as a Professor and Director of Jazz Studies at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.  He has won several Jazz Polls in USA, UK and Japan and he received the 2004 Jazz Educator of the Year Award from DownBeat, and was named a 2005 NEA Jazz Master.

Title:  Soul Call  (1995)
Genre:  Jazz, Guitar Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Cool Jazz, Soul Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Blues
Label:  Original Jazz Classics
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  I'm Just A Lucky So And So  (5:15)
 2.  Mark One  (7:11)
 3.  Sleepin' Bee  (4:26)
 4.  Soul Call  (7:24)
 5.  Kenny's Theme  (5:01)
 6.  Here's That Rainy Day (4:17)

Bonus Track:  On CD Reissue:

 7.  Oh Henry  (3:03)

Personnel:

Kenny Burrell:  Guitar
Will Davis:  Piano
Martin Rivera:  Bass
Bill English:  Drums
Ray Barretto:  Congas

Soul Call is an Album by Kenny Burrell, originally released in 1964, remastered and reissued on June 1 by Prestige Records, 1995 by Original Jazz Classics (OJC), featuring Will Davis, Martin English, Bill English and Ray Barretto.