Tuesday, November 14, 2023

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:  K.B. Blues (2023)

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.  Nuca's Dream (9:37)

 2.  Out For Blood (9:06)


Side B:


 1.  K.B. Blues (6:24)

 2.  D. B. Blues (5:50)

 3.  K.B. Blues (Alternate Take) (6:16)


Personnel:


Kenny Burrell: Guitar

Horace Silver:  Piano

Hank Mobley:  Tenor Saxophone

Doug Watkins:  Bass

Louis Hayes:  Drums


K.B. Blues is an album by Kenny Burrell, originally released in 1957 by Blue Note, remastered and reissued on November 3, 2023 by Blue Note Records.   Audiophile Vinyl Pressed 180 Gram Vinyl.









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