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:  Kenny Burrell Vol. 2  (2016)
Genre:  Jazz, Guitar Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Cool Jazz, Soul Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Blues
Label:  Blue Note Records
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  Get Happy  (4:03)
 2.  But Not For Me  (3:49)
 3.  Mexico City  (6:35)
 4.  Moten Swing  (6:08)
 5.  Cheeta  (4:42)
 6.  Now See How You Are  (5:54)
 7.  Phinupi  (4:43)
 8.  How About You  (5:14)

Personnel:

Kenny Burrell:  Guitar
Frank Foster:  Tenor Saxophone on Tracks:  5-7
Tommy Flanagan:  Piano
Paul Chambers:  Bass on Track 1
Oscar Pettiford:  Bass on Tracks:  3-7
Kenny Clarke:  Drums on Track 1
Shadow Wilson:  Drums on Tracks:  3-7
Candido:  Conga on Track 1

Kenny Burrell Vol. 2 is an album by Kenny Burrell, originally released on April, 1957 by Blue Note, remastered and reissued in 2016 by Blue Note Records, featuring Frank Foster, Tommy Flanagan, Paul Chambers, Oscar Pettiford, Kenny Clarke, Shadow Wilson, and Candido.