Kenny Burrell: Collection (1956-1974)

Kenneth Earl Burrell (born July 31, 1931) is an American jazz guitarist known for his work on numerous top jazz labels: Prestige, Blue Note, Verve, CTI, Muse, and Concord. His collaborations with Jimmy Smith were notable, and produced the 1965 Billboard Top Twenty hit Verve album Organ Grinder Swing. He has cited jazz guitarists Charlie Christian, Oscar Moore, and Django Reinhardt as influences, along with blues guitarists T-Bone Walker and Muddy Waters.

Burrell is a professor and Director of Jazz Studies at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music…

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Tracklist LP01. Introducing Kenny Burrell (1956, 2019, Blue Note B0029974-01):

01. This Time the Dream's on Me (Arlen-Mercer) - 5:00
02. Fugue 'n Blues (Burrell) - 6:50
03. Takeela (Burrell) - 4:21
04. Weaver of Dreams (Young-Elliott) - 4:42
05. Delilah (Young) - 6:06
06. Rhythmorama (Clarke) - 6:31
07. Blues for Skeeter (Burrell) - 8:06

Kenny Burrell - guitar (#1-5,7)
Tommy Flanagan - piano (#1-5,7)
Paul Chambers - bass (#1-5,7)
Kenny Clarke - drums
Candido Camero - congas

Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ on May 29–30, 1956.
LP mastering by Kevin Gray.





Tracklist LP02. Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane (1958, 1973, Prestige-Japan LPR-8856):

01. Freight Trane (Flanagan) - 7:23
02. I Never Knew (Fiorito-Kahn) - 7:09
03. Lyresto (Burrell) - 5:44
04. Why Was I Born (Kern-Hammerstein) - 3:16
05. Big Paul (Flanagan) - 14:08

Kenny Burrell - guitar
John Coltrane - tenor saxophone
Tommy Flanagan - piano
Paul Chambers - bass
Jimmy Cobb - drums

Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ on March 7, 1958.





Tracklist LP03. A Night at the Vanguard (1959, 1976, Chess-Japan BT-8055):

01. All Night Long (Brooks) - 5:20
02. Will You Still Be Mine (Dennis-Adair) - 4:28
03. I'm a Fool to Want You (Herron-Sinatra-Wolf) - 4:44
04. Trio (Garner) - 4:24
05. Broadway (Bird-Woode-McRae) - 4:23
06. Soft Winds (Jackson) - 3:21
07. Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin' (Strayhorn-Ellington-Gaines) - 4:26
08. Well, You Needn't (Monk) - 4:35

Kenny Burrell - guitar
Richard Davis - bass
Roy Haynes - drums

Recorded live at the Village Vanguard, New York on September 16-17, 1959.





Tracklist LP04. Midnight Blue (1963, 2021, Blue Note 3579908):

01. Chitlins con Carne (Burrell) - 5:30
02. Mule (Holley-Burrell) - 6:57
03. Soul Lament (Burrell) - 2:43
04. Midnight Blue (Burrell) - 4:00
05. Wavy Gravy (Burrell) - 5:48
06. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You (Redman-Razaf) - 4:25
07. Saturday Night Blues (Burrell) - 6:15

Stanley Turrentine - tenor saxophone
Kenny Burrell - guitar
Major Holley, Jr. - bass
Bill English - drums
Ray Barretto - conga

Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ on January 7, 1963.
LP mastering by Kevin Gray.





Tracklist LP05. Guitar Forms (1965, 1973, Verve-Japan MV 2070):

01. Downstairs (Jones) - 2:55
02. Lotus Land (Scott) - 9:39
03. Terrace Theme (Benjamin) - 4:05
04. Excerpt from "Prelude #2" (Gershwin) - 2:20
05. Moon and Sand (Engvick-Wilder-Palitz) - 4:17
06. Loie (Burrell) - 3:19
07. Greensleeves (Trad.) - 4:14
08. Last Night When We Were Young (Arlen-Harburg) - 4:37
09. Breadwinner (Burrell) - 2:56

Kenny Burrell - guitar
Roger Kellaway - piano
Joe Benjamin - bass
Grady Tate - drums
Willie Rodriguez - congas

Orchestra arranged & conducted by Gil Evans
Kenny Burrell - guitar
Johnny Coles or Louis Mucci - trumpet
Jimmy Cleveland, Jimmy Knepper - trombone
Andy Fitzgerald - flute, English horn
Ray Beckenstein - alto flute, flute, bass clarinet
George Marge - English horn, flute or Richie Kamuca - tenor saxophone, oboe
Lee Konitz - alto saxophone
Steve Lacy - soprano saxophone
Bob Tricarico - tenor saxophone, bassoon, flute
Ray Alonge or Julius Watkins - French horn
Bill Barber - tuba
Ron Carter - bass
Elvin Jones, Charlie Persip - drums, percussion

Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ on December 4-15, 1964, and Webster Hall, New York on April 6-12, 1965.





Tracklist LP06. God Bless the Child (1971, 1978, CTI-Japan LAX 3198):

01. Be Yourself (Burrell) - 5:56
02. Love Is the Answer (Burrell) - 4:57
03. Do What You Gotta Do (Burrell) - 9:34
04. A Child Is Born (Jones) - 9:23
05. God Bless the Child (Holiday-Herzog) - 8:06

Kenny Burrell - guitar
Ron Carter - bass
Billy Cobham - drums
Freddie Hubbard - trumpet
Hugh Lawson, Richard Wyands - piano, electric piano
Hubert Laws - flute
Ray Barretto, Airto Moreira - percussion
Seymour Barab, Charles McCracken, George Ricci, Lucien Schmit, Alan Shulman - cello
Don Sebesky - arranger, conductor

Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ on April 28 (#1,3,5), May 11 (#4) and May 25 (#2), 1971.





Tracklist LP07. 'Round Midnight (1972, Fantasy-Japan LFP-88049):

01. A Streetcar Named Desire (North) - 7:00
02. Make Someone Happy (Styne-Green-Comden) - 5:17
03. 'Round Midnight (Williams-Monk) - 5:13
04. I Think It's Going to Rain Today (Newman) - 5:01
05. Since I Fell for You (Johnson) - 4:45
06. I'm Gonna Laugh You Right Out of My Life (Coleman-McCarthy) - 6:41
07. Blues in the Night (Mercer-Arlen) - 3:34

Kenny Burrell - guitar
Richard Wyands (#1,2,4-6), Joe Sample (#3) - piano
Reggie Johnson - bass (#1-6)
Lennie McBrowne (#1,2,4-6), Paul Humphrey (#3) - drums

Recorded at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA in 1972.





Tracklist LP08. Both Feet on the Ground (1973, Fantasy-Japan LFP-88128):

01. Nana (Santos-Telles-Kotti) - 6:25
02. All Mine (Minha) (Hime-Livingston-Evans) - 6:32
03. Tomorrow (Golson) - 6:11
04. Spin (Wofford) - 4:54
05. Good Morning, Heartache (Higginbotham-Fisher-Drake) - 5:01
06. Listen to the Dawn (Burrell) - 4:30
07. Both Feet on the Ground (Burrell) - 6:38

Kenny Burrell - guitar, arranger (#5)
Al Aarons (#1-4,7), Oscar Brashear (#6) - trumpet, flugelhorn
Maurice Spears - trombone (#1-4,6,7)
Jerome Richardson (#1-4,7), Ernie Watts (#6) - clarinet, flute, piccolo, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
Jack Nimitz - clarinet, flute, bass flute, baritone saxophone (#1-4,6,7)
Mike Wofford - piano, electric piano, arranger (#4)
Reggie Johnson - bass
Lenny McBrowne - drums
Moacir Santos - congas, percussion
Benny Golson - arranger (#1-3,6,7)

Recorded at Village Recorders, Los Angeles, CA on February 15-19, 1973.





Tracklist LP09. Up the Street, 'Round the Corner, Down the Block (1974, Fantasy-Japan LFJ-80009):

01. Up the Street, 'Round the Corner, Down the Block (Gumbs) - 7:26
02. Afro Blue (Santamaria) - 5:46
03. Sausalito Nights (Burrell) - 7:19
04. Juice (Gumbs) - 5:46
05. A Little Walking Music (Burrell) - 3:22
06. Soulero (Evans) - 9:17

Kenny Burrell - guitar, whistling (#5)
Jerome Richardson - flute, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
Richard Wyands - piano, electric piano
Andy Simpkins - bass
Lenny McBrowne - drums
Mayuto Correa - percussion

Recorded at Village Recorders, Los Angeles, CA in January 1974 (#2,4) and Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA in February 1974 (#1,3,5,6).