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 collaborarions with Jimmy Smith hit album Organ Grinder Swing, in Top 20 on Billboard in 1965.  He has cited Jazz Guitarists Charlie Christain 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 Down Beat, and was named a 2005 NEA Jazz Master.

Title:  The Road To Love  (2015)
Genre:  Jazz, Guitar Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Cool Jazz, Soul Jazz, Jazz Instrument
Label:  HighNote Records
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  Salty Papa  (7:29)
 2.  Serenata  (6:25)
 3.  Li'l Darlin  (6:36)
 4.  Spoken Introduction To Brush Magic  (0:17)
 5.  Brush Magic  (7:30)
 6.  Listen To The Dawn  (6:34)
 7.  Teach Me Tonight  (4:41)
 8.  Spoken Intrudection To Someone To Light Up My Life  (0:17)
 9.  Someone To Light Up My Life  (5:28)
10. Spoken Introduction to Single Petal Of A Rose  (0:22)
11. Single Petal Of A Rose  (4:11)
12. Spoken Introduction To Confessin' The Blues  (0:59)
13. Confessin' The Blues  (5:44)
14. Spoken Introduction To The Road To Love  (0:41)
15. The Road To Love  (5:18)
16. Spoken Introduction To Crazy He Calls Me  (0:10)
17. Crazy He Calls Me  (5:01)
18. Things Ain't What They Used To Be  (5:06)

Personnel:

Kenny Burrell:  Electric & Acoustic Guitar
Justo Almario:  Tenor Saxophone, Flute
Tom Rainer:  Piano
Tony Dumas:  Bass
Clayton Cameron:  Drums, Except Track 15
Marvin "Smitty" Smith:  Drums on Track 15

Special Guest:

Barbara Morrison:  Vocals on Tracks:  15, 17, 18

The Road To Love is the live album by Kenny Burrell, was released on October 23, 2015 by HighNote Reocrds.  Another Great Live recording from last May at the Catalina Club.