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:  Kenny Burrell (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) (2022)

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.  Get Happy (4:02)

 2.  But Not For Me (3:49)

 3.  Mexico City (6:03)

 4.  Moten Swing (6:08)

Side B:

 1.  Cheetah (4:43)

 2.  Now Sea How You Are (5:54)

 3.  Phinup! (4:42)

 4.  How About You (5:14)

Personnel:

Kenny Burrell:  Guitar

Kenny Dorham:  Trumpet on Track A3

Frank Foster:  Tenor Saxophone on Tracks:  B2-4

J.R. Monterose:  Tenor Saxophone on Track A3

Tommy Flanagan:  Piano on Tracks:  A1-4, B1, 3, 4

Paul Chambers:  Bass on Track A1

Sam Jones:  Bass on Track A3

Oscar Pettiford:  Bass on Tracks:  A4, B1-4

Kenny Clarke:  Drums on Track A1

Arthur Edgehill:  Drums on Track A3

Shadow Wilson:  Drums on Tracks:  A4, B1-4

Candido:  Congas on Track A1

Kenny Burrell is an album by Kenny Burrell, originally releaased on April, 1967 by Blue Note Records, remastered and reissued on October 7, 2022 by Blue Note Records.  Audiophile 180 Gram Vinyl.