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:  Midnight Blue  (1999)
Genre:  Jazz, Guitar Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Cool Jazz, Soul Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Blues
Label:  Blue Note Records
Rating:  *****

Tracks:

 1.  Chitlins Con Carne  (5:30)
 2.  Mule  (6:57)
 3.  Soul Lament  (2:44)
 4.  Midnight Blue  (4:02)
 5.  Wavy Gravy  (5:48)
 6.  Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You  (4:25)
 7.  Saturday Night Blues  (6:16)

Bonus Tracks:

 8.  Kenny's Sound  (4:43)
 9.  K Twist  (3:38)

Personnel:

Kenny Burrell:  Guitar
Stanley Turrentine:  Tenor Saxophone
Major Holley:  Bass
Billy Gene English:  Drums
Ray Barretto:  Conga

Midnight Blue is a 1963 album by Kenny Burrell, originally released on May, 1963 by Blue Note Records, remastered and reissued on March 9, 1999 by Blue Note Records, featuring Stanley Turrentine, Major Holley, Bill English and Ray Barretto.