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:  Blue Lights Vol. 1  (2016)
Genre:  Jazz, Guitar Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Cool Jazz, Soul Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Blues
Label:  Blue Note Records
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  Yes Baby  (11:08)
 2.  Scotch Blues  (7:59)
 3.  Autumn In New York  (5:45)
 4.  Caravan  (9:58)

Personnel:

Kenny Burrell:  Guitar
Louis Smith:  Trumpet
Tina Brooks:  Tenor Saxophone on Tracks:  2, 3, 5
Junior Cook:  Tenor Saxophone on Tracks:  1-3, 5
Duke Jordan;  Piano 
Sam Jones:  Bass
Art Blakey:  Drums

Blue Lights Vol. 1 is an album by Kenny Burrell, originally released in 1958 by Blue Note, remastered and reissued in 2016 by Blue Note Records, featuring Louis Smith, Tina Brooks, Junior Cook, Duke Jordan, Sam Jones and Art Blakey.