KENNY BURRELL

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Kenneth Earl "Kenny" Burrell (born July 31, 1931) is an American jazz guitarist. His playing is grounded in bebop and blues; he has performed and recorded with a wide range of jazz musicians.

Burrell was born in Detroit, Michigan to a musical family and began playing guitar at the age of 12. His influences as a guitar player include Charlie Christian, Django Reinhardt, and Wes Montgomery. While a student at Wayne State University, he made his debut recording as a member of Dizzy Gillespie's sextet in 1951. He toured with Oscar Peterson after graduating in 1955 and then moved to New York City in 1956. A consummate sideman, Burrell recorded with a wide range of prominent musicians. He also led his own groups since 1951 and recorded many well received albums. In the 1970s he began leading seminars about music, particularly Duke Ellington's. A highly popular performer, he has won several
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KENNY BURRELL Introducing Kenny Burrell album cover 3.00 | 1 ratings
Introducing Kenny Burrell
Hard Bop 1956
KENNY BURRELL Kenny Burrell (aka Volume 2) album cover 3.75 | 2 ratings
Kenny Burrell (aka Volume 2)
Hard Bop 1956
KENNY BURRELL Kenny Burrell (aka Blue Moods) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Kenny Burrell (aka Blue Moods)
Bop 1957
KENNY BURRELL Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Raney  : 2 Guitars album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Raney : 2 Guitars
Bop 1957
KENNY BURRELL Blue Lights, Volume 1 album cover 4.00 | 3 ratings
Blue Lights, Volume 1
Bop 1958
KENNY BURRELL Blue Lights, Volume 2 album cover 3.83 | 3 ratings
Blue Lights, Volume 2
Hard Bop 1958
KENNY BURRELL Weaver Of Dreams album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Weaver Of Dreams
Bop 1961
KENNY BURRELL Kenny Burrell and John Coltrane album cover 4.61 | 5 ratings
Kenny Burrell and John Coltrane
Hard Bop 1962
KENNY BURRELL Midnight Blue album cover 4.67 | 12 ratings
Midnight Blue
Blues 1963
KENNY BURRELL Blue Bash! (with Jimmy Smith) album cover 3.75 | 2 ratings
Blue Bash! (with Jimmy Smith)
Cool Jazz 1963
KENNY BURRELL Bluesy Burrell (aka Out Of This World) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Bluesy Burrell (aka Out Of This World)
Bop 1963
KENNY BURRELL Lotsa Bossa Nova! album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Lotsa Bossa Nova!
Bossa Nova 1963
KENNY BURRELL Crash! (With Brother Jack McDuff Quartet) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Crash! (With Brother Jack McDuff Quartet)
Soul Jazz 1964
KENNY BURRELL Soul Call album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Soul Call
Bop 1964
KENNY BURRELL Guitar Forms album cover 3.81 | 4 ratings
Guitar Forms
Bop 1965
KENNY BURRELL Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas
Bop 1966
KENNY BURRELL The Tender Gender album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Tender Gender
Bop 1966
KENNY BURRELL Ode To 52nd Street album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Ode To 52nd Street
Hard Bop 1967
KENNY BURRELL A Generation Ago Today album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
A Generation Ago Today
Hard Bop 1967
KENNY BURRELL Blues - The Common Ground album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Blues - The Common Ground
Soul Jazz 1968
KENNY BURRELL Night Song album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Night Song
Hard Bop 1968
KENNY BURRELL Asphalt Canyon Suite album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
Asphalt Canyon Suite
Bop 1969
KENNY BURRELL God Bless the Child album cover 4.00 | 3 ratings
God Bless the Child
Hard Bop 1971
KENNY BURRELL 'Round Midnight album cover 4.25 | 2 ratings
'Round Midnight
Bop 1972
KENNY BURRELL Both Feet on the Ground album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Both Feet on the Ground
Bop 1973
KENNY BURRELL Up The Street, ‘Round the Corner, Down the Block album cover 4.50 | 1 ratings
Up The Street, ‘Round the Corner, Down the Block
Bop 1974
KENNY BURRELL Ellington Is Forever (aka Ellington Is Forever, Volume 1) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Ellington Is Forever (aka Ellington Is Forever, Volume 1)
Bop 1975
KENNY BURRELL Sky Street album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Sky Street
Bop 1976
KENNY BURRELL Tin Tin Deo album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Tin Tin Deo
Bop 1977
KENNY BURRELL Ellington Is Forever, Volume 2 album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
Ellington Is Forever, Volume 2
Bop 1977
KENNY BURRELL Stormy Monday album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
Stormy Monday
Bop 1978
KENNY BURRELL Handcrafted album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Handcrafted
Bop 1978
KENNY BURRELL K.B.Blues album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
K.B.Blues
Bop 1979
KENNY BURRELL When Lights Are Low album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
When Lights Are Low
Bop 1979
KENNY BURRELL Freedom album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Freedom
Bop 1979
KENNY BURRELL Moon And Sand album cover 4.50 | 1 ratings
Moon And Sand
Bop 1980
KENNY BURRELL Heritage album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Heritage
Bop 1980
KENNY BURRELL Kenny Burrell, Rufus Reid, Ben Riley ‎: Listen To The Dawn album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Kenny Burrell, Rufus Reid, Ben Riley ‎: Listen To The Dawn
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1983
KENNY BURRELL Bluesin' Around album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Bluesin' Around
Hard Bop 1983
KENNY BURRELL Togethering (with Grover Washington) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Togethering (with Grover Washington)
Bop 1984
KENNY BURRELL Groovin' High album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
Groovin' High
Soul Jazz 1984
KENNY BURRELL For Charlie and Benny album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
For Charlie and Benny
Bop 1986
KENNY BURRELL Generation album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Generation
Bop 1987
KENNY BURRELL Sunup to Sundown album cover 4.25 | 2 ratings
Sunup to Sundown
Bop 1991
KENNY BURRELL Project G-7 : Tribute to Wes Montgomery vol.1 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Project G-7 : Tribute to Wes Montgomery vol.1
Hard Bop 1993
KENNY BURRELL Project G-7 A Tribute to Wes Montgomery (vol. 2) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Project G-7 A Tribute to Wes Montgomery (vol. 2)
Hard Bop 1993
KENNY BURRELL Gifts album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Gifts
Bop 1995
KENNY BURRELL Soulero album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Soulero
Bop 1995
KENNY BURRELL Lotus Blossom album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Lotus Blossom
Bop 1995
KENNY BURRELL Love Is the Answer album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Love Is the Answer
Bop 1998
KENNY BURRELL Lucky So And So album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Lucky So And So
Bop 2001
KENNY BURRELL Blue Muse album cover 3.00 | 1 ratings
Blue Muse
Bop 2003

KENNY BURRELL EPs & splits

KENNY BURRELL live albums

KENNY BURRELL On View At The Five Spot Cafe album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
On View At The Five Spot Cafe
Bop 1959
KENNY BURRELL A Night at the Vanguard (aka Man At Work) album cover 4.00 | 2 ratings
A Night at the Vanguard (aka Man At Work)
Bop 1960
KENNY BURRELL Live at the Village Vanguard (aka It's Getting Dark) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live at the Village Vanguard (aka It's Getting Dark)
Bop 1980
KENNY BURRELL Swingin' album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Swingin'
Bop 1980
KENNY BURRELL In New York album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
In New York
Bop 1981
KENNY BURRELL A La Carte album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
A La Carte
Bop 1985
KENNY BURRELL Pieces of Blue and the Blues album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Pieces of Blue and the Blues
Bop 1988
KENNY BURRELL Guiding Spirit album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Guiding Spirit
Bop 1990
KENNY BURRELL Midnight At The Village Vanguard album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Midnight At The Village Vanguard
Hard Bop 1994
KENNY BURRELL Live at the Blue Note album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live at the Blue Note
Bop 1996
KENNY BURRELL Then Along Came Kenny album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Then Along Came Kenny
Bop 1996
KENNY BURRELL 75th Birthday Bash Live! album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
75th Birthday Bash Live!
Big Band 2007
KENNY BURRELL Prime Live At The Downtown Room album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Prime Live At The Downtown Room
Bop 2009
KENNY BURRELL Be Yourself album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Be Yourself
Bop 2010
KENNY BURRELL Tenderly album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Tenderly
Post Bop 2011
KENNY BURRELL Special Requests (And Other Favorites): Live at Catalina's album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Special Requests (And Other Favorites): Live at Catalina's
Post Bop 2013
KENNY BURRELL The Road to Love album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Road to Love
Hard Bop 2015
KENNY BURRELL Unlimited 1 (Live at Catalina's) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Unlimited 1 (Live at Catalina's)
Big Band 2016
KENNY BURRELL Laguna Beach Friends Of Jazz Festival 1979 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Laguna Beach Friends Of Jazz Festival 1979
Hard Bop 2018

KENNY BURRELL demos, promos, fans club and other releases (no bootlegs)

KENNY BURRELL re-issues & compilations

KENNY BURRELL All Day Long album cover 4.25 | 2 ratings
All Day Long
Bop 1963
KENNY BURRELL All Night Long album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
All Night Long
Hard Bop 1963
KENNY BURRELL Cool Cookin' album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cool Cookin'
Hard Bop 1972
KENNY BURRELL Kenny Burrell With Frank Wess ‎: Monday Stroll album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Kenny Burrell With Frank Wess ‎: Monday Stroll
Bop 1978
KENNY BURRELL Verve Jazz Masters 45 album cover 4.00 | 2 ratings
Verve Jazz Masters 45
Bop 1995
KENNY BURRELL The Best Of Kenny Burrell album cover 4.00 | 2 ratings
The Best Of Kenny Burrell
Bop 1995
KENNY BURRELL Kenny Burrell Vol.3 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Kenny Burrell Vol.3
Bop 1996
KENNY BURRELL Blue Lights (vol. 1 & 2) album cover 5.00 | 1 ratings
Blue Lights (vol. 1 & 2)
Bop 1997
KENNY BURRELL Laid Back album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Laid Back
Bop 1998
KENNY BURRELL 12-15-78 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
12-15-78
Bop 1999
KENNY BURRELL Introducing Kenny Burrell album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Introducing Kenny Burrell
Bop 2000
KENNY BURRELL The Artist Selects album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Artist Selects
Bop 2005
KENNY BURRELL All Day Long & All Night Long album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
All Day Long & All Night Long
Bop 2007
KENNY BURRELL Kenny Burrell at the Vanguard (Complete Edition) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Kenny Burrell at the Vanguard (Complete Edition)
Bop 2012
KENNY BURRELL The 0.00 | 0 ratings
The "Bluesin' Around" Sessions
Bop 2013
KENNY BURRELL Jazz For A Lazy Day album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz For A Lazy Day
Hard Bop 2015
KENNY BURRELL I Found My Love Outside album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
I Found My Love Outside
Bop 2015
KENNY BURRELL Kenny Burrell Swingin' album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Kenny Burrell Swingin'
Hard Bop 2015
KENNY BURRELL The Complete Albums Collection 1956-1957 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Complete Albums Collection 1956-1957
Hard Bop 2016
KENNY BURRELL The Complete Albums Collection 1957-1962 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Complete Albums Collection 1957-1962
Hard Bop 2016
KENNY BURRELL The Front Line album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Front Line
Hard Bop 2021

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Kenny Burrell & Student Orchestra : Ralph J. Bunche Suite
Bop 2008

KENNY BURRELL Reviews

KENNY BURRELL Midnight Blue

Album · 1963 · Blues
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In the early 60s, jazz artists cutting a blues album was not an uncommon thing at all. Jimmy Smith, Stanley Turrentine and others put out some of their most successful albums during this time by applying their be-bop chops to some well known blues changes. In early 1963, when Kenny Burrell approached Blue Note head, Alfred Lion, about cutting a blues album, this propisition probably came as no surprise to Lion who was more than happy to let Kenny in the studio to create his blues masterpiece, “Midnight Blue”. The title of this album tells you everything you need to know, this is definitely late night blues with an emphasis on laid back tempos and soulful solos, as opposed to extroverted blazing technique. The band Kenny assembled on here was perfect for the date, with the aforementioned Stanley Turrentine on tenor, Ray Barretto on congas, Major Holley Jr on bass and the understated Bill English on the traps.

Although all of these tracks could be labeled as laid back blues, there is some variety to keep things from becoming too stodgy or predictable. “Wavy Gravy” is notable for being that rare blues tune in waltz time, while other closing and opening tracks on both sides of this record pick up the tempo into a medium swing groove. “Soul Lament” features Kenny on his own, and “Gee Baby ain’t I Good to You” is the only standard, but it too is essentially a blues song. The best thing about this album is its rock solid integrity, drop the needle anywhere you want and you will get the same feeling, no matter the tempo. This is one very sure artistic vision about the blues from start to finish. Even the instrumentation backs up this album’s cohesion, an added piano player would have made things too cluttered, and a B3 player would have made things syrupy and heavy handed, everything is exactly in its place as it ought to be. The addition of Barretto’s subtle conga work is the icing on the cake, as these sort of slow tempos need a little double time action to help keep the groove together.

Although the current ‘vinyl revival’ seems a bit hokey and fabricated by salesmen, its still nice that you can now buy classic jazz records in pristine condition for an almost reasonable price.

KENNY BURRELL Midnight Blue

Album · 1963 · Blues
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Not often this type of album comes along, one that has quite a different Quintet with the omission of piano or organ in the line-up and the addition of Ray Barretto on conga but it is not Latin rythmns that Ray employs throughout the album "Midnight Blue" but really one could say he adds the grease addition to this southern sounding late night album which was recorded back in January 1963 with Kenny Burrell leading, playing a gorgeous picked Jazz, Blues guitar and writing 75% of the material, Stanley Turrentine blowing his gruff blues tenor saxophone, Major Holly Jr is on bass, Bill English drumming and Ray as mentined above with more tapping than whacking the congas. The Blues is the backbone of this session and all done as the title implies with that Midnight feeling by Kenny Burrell. This was Kenny's eighth project as leader at Blue Note and he requested to do this Blues style session with Alfred Lion and after the album's release over time it has been recognised as one with the classic Blue Note sound as well as one of Kenny's most popular if not the most popular.

"Chitlins Con Carne" is the first of the seven compositions that were originally on the album's release with Stanley on tenor providing the intro and Kenny taking the first solo with superb crisp precision where Stanley follows with some nice wailing with Kenny jabbing in now and again over what is a reasonably quick tempo although one seems not to notice how quick things are moving but with "Mule" that follows laid back and nice and slow is the tempo with Kenny providing beautiful picking with just the right space and with a light drum roll form Bill English, Stanley follows with his slow burner on tenor saxophone which hits some great highs at times but not too many as this is midnight. Number three on the album is "Soul Lament" being the shortest composition on the album with Kenny providing a longing and lament within his spaced slow solo where he cuts back to the theme at the end. The album title " Midnight Blue" is another more up- tempo number on the album with Kenny just riding over the top of the rythmn section with another brilliant spaced solo for the entire number with not even a note form Stanley's tenor to be heard but not so with the next "Wavy Gravy" and the titles that Kenny named his numbers with on the album are so accurate with their description of music within but it is Stanley with Kenny coming in and out that sets the mood for this blues tune with Kenny going first and Stanley following with more of his blues drenched tenor playing. "Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You is the only standard number within the album and the aptly titled "Saturday Night Blues" is the album closer but if you have the cd and not the record there are two outakes from the session included as well.

Essential Jazz, essential Blue Note and an essential Kenny Burrell album to own. Nuff said, as this is a total on its own late night Jazz masterpiece. Get it,even your wife will like it.

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