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:  Bluesin' Around  (2017)
Genre:  Jazz, Guitar Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Cool Jazz, Soul Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Blues
Label:   Sony Music

Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  Mambo Twist   (5:06)
 2.  The Switch  (3:04)
 3.  The Squeeze  (4:17)
 4.  Bluesin' Around  (3:42)
 5.  Bye And Bye  (2:50)
 6.  Moten Swing  (6:20)
 7.  People Will Say We're In Love  (3:41)
 8.  One Mint Julep  (3:25)
 9.  Mood Indigo  (4:40)

Personnel:  

Kenny Burrell:  Guitar
Eddie Bert:  Trombone on Track 4
Illinois Jacquet:  Tenor Saxophone on Tracks:  1-3, 5, 9
Leo Wright:  Alto Saxophone on Tracks:  6-8
Hank Jones:  Piano on Tracks:  1-5, 9
Jack McDuff:  Organ on Tracks:  6-8
George Duvivier:  Bass on Track 4
Major Holley:  Bass on Tracks:  1-3, 5, 9
Osie Johnson:  Drums on Tracks:  1, 2
Louis Hayes:  Drums on Track 4
Jimmy Crawford:  Drums on Tracks:  3, 5, 9
Joe Dukes:  Drums on Tracks:  6-8

Bluesin' Around is the classic album by Kenny Burrell, recorded in 1961 and 1962, and was first released in 1983 by Columbia Records, remastered and reissued on March 3, 2017 by Sony Music.