Released 1967 Release date 1967 | ||
Recorded December 16 & 20, 1966, January 31, 1967 and March 28, 1967New York City Similar Kenny Burrell albums, Jazz albums | ||
A Generation Ago Today is an album by guitarist Kenny Burrell featuring standards associated with the Benny Goodman Sextet and Charlie Christian recorded in 1966 and 1967 and released on the Verve label.
Contents
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with its review by Scott Yanow stating "the now-obscure set has been out-of-print for quite awhile [sic] but the music is excellent".
Track listing
- "As Long as I Live" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
- "Wholly Cats" (Benny Goodman)
- "A Smooth One" (Goodman)
- "I Surrender Dear" (Harry Barris, Gordon Clifford)
- "If I Had You" (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Ted Shapiro)
- "Poor Butterfly" (John Golden, Raymond Hubbell)
- "Stompin' at the Savoy" (Goodman, Andy Razaf, Edgar Sampson, Chick Webb)
- "Rose Room" (Art Hickman, Harry Williams)
Personnel
Songs
1As Long as I Live2:45
2Wholly Cats2:25
3A Smooth One3:30
References
A Generation Ago Today Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA