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 (2021)

Genre:  Jazz, Guitar Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Cool Jazz, Soul Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Blues

Label:  Blue Note Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Chitlins Con Came (5:30)

 2.  Mule (6:56)

 3.  Soul Lament (2:43)

 4.  Midnight Blue (4:02)

Side B:

 1.  Wavy Gravy (5:47)

 2.  Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good To You (4:25)

 3.  Saturday Night (6:16)

Personnel:

Kenny Burrell:  Guitar

Stanley Turrentine:  Tenor Saxophone, except Tracks:  A3, 4, B2

Major Holley:  Bass except Track A3

Bill English:  Drums except Track A3

Ray Barretto:  Conga except Track A3, B2

Midnight Blue is a 1963 album by Kenny Burrell, originally released on May, 1963 by Blue Note Records, remastered and reissued in 2021 by Blue Note Records.  180 Gram Vinyl.