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Introducing Kenny Burrell: The First Blue Note Sessions

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Released
  
2000

Artist
  
Kenny Burrell

Producer
  
Alfred Lion

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
118:38

Release date
  
2000

Label
  
Blue Note Records

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Recorded
  
May 29-30, 1956 (1-9) Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack March 12, 1956 (CD2 1-6) Audio-Video Studios, New York February 10, 1956 (CD2 7-11) Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack

Similar
  
Kenny Burrell albums, Jazz albums

Introducing Kenny Burrell: The First Blue Note Sessions is a compilation album by jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell. It compiles:

Introducing Kenny Burrell (Disc 1, #1-7)
Kenny Burrell Volume 2 (Disc 1, #8-9; Disc 2 #1-4 and 6)
K. B. Blues (Disc 2, #7-11) (1979, Blue Note Japan, GXF-3052)

Contents

The album also features the outtake "My Heart Stood Still", originally appeared on the hard to find Swingin' (GXF-3070). All the tracks were recorded mainly at Van Gelder Studio between February and May 1956 and were produced by Alfred Lion.

Track listing

All compositions by Kenny Burrell except as indicated

Disc One

  1. "This Time the Dream's on Me" (Arlen, Mercer) - 5:00
  2. "Fugue 'N Blues" - 6:48
  3. "Takeela" - 4:19
  4. "Weaver of Dreams" (Elliott, Young) - 4:43
  5. "Delilah" (Young) - 6:04
  6. "Rhythmorama" (Kenny Clarke) - 6:28
  7. "Blues for Skeeter" - 8:08
  8. "Get Happy" (Arlen, Koehler) - 4:02
  9. "But Not for Me" (Gershwin, Gershwin) - 3:49

Disc Two

  1. "Moten Swing" (Bennie Moten) - 6:08
  2. "Cheetah" - 4:43
  3. "Now See How You Are" (Woody Harris, Oscar Pettiford) - 5:54
  4. "Phinupi" - 4:42
  5. "My Heart Stood Still" (Hart, Rodgers) - 5:13
  6. "How About You?" (Lane, Ralph Freed) - 5:14
  7. "K.B. Blues" - 6:24
  8. "D.B. Blues" (Young) - 5:50
  9. "Nica's Dream" (Horace Silver) - 9:37
  10. "Out for Blood" - 9:06
  11. "K.B. Blues" [Alternate Take] - 6:16

Disc One recorded on May 29-30, 1956;
Disc Two #1-6 on March 12, 1956; #7-11 on February 10, 1956.

Personnel

Disc One

  • Kenny Burrell - guitar
  • Tommy Flanagan - piano
  • Paul Chambers - bass
  • Kenny Clarke - drums
  • Candido - conga (#1)
  • Disc Two #1-6

  • Kenny Burrell - guitar
  • Tommy Flanagan - piano
  • Frank Foster - tenor saxophone
  • Oscar Pettiford - bass
  • Shadow Wilson - drums
  • Disc Two #7-11

  • Kenny Burrell - guitar
  • Horace Silver - piano
  • Hank Mobley - tenor saxophone
  • Doug Watkins - bass
  • Louis Hayes - drums
  • Songs

    1This Time the Dream's on Me5:00
    2Fugue 'n Blues6:48
    3Takeela4:19

    References

    Introducing Kenny Burrell: The First Blue Note Sessions Wikipedia