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:  Introducing Kenny Burrell:  The First Blue Note Sessions (2016)
Genre:  Jazz, Guitar Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Cool Jazz, Soul Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Blues
Label:  Blue Note Records
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  This Time The Dream's On Me  (5:00)
 2.  Fugue 'N Blues  (6:49)
 3.  Takeela  (4:20)
 4.  Weaver Of Dreams  (4:43)
 5.  Delilah  (6:05)
 6.  Rhythmorama  (6:29)
 7.  Blues For Skeeter  (8:08)

Personnel:

Kenny Burrell:  Guitar on Tracks:  1-5, 7
Tommy Flanagan:  Piano on Tracks:  1-5, 7
Paul Chambers:  Bass on Tracks:  1-5, 7
Kenny Clarke:  Drums
Candido:  Conga on Tracks:  1, 3-7

Introducing Kenny Burrell:  The First Blue Note Sessions is the debut album by Kenny Burrell, originally released on September, 1956 by Blue Note, remastered and reissued in 2016 by Blue Note Records, featuring Tommy Flanagan, Paul Chambers, Kenny Clarke, and Candido.