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Kenny Burrell (Blue Note album)

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Released
  
April 1957

Artist
  
Kenny Burrell

Producer
  
Alfred Lion

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
34:32

Release date
  
1956

Label
  
Blue Note Records

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Recorded
  
March 12, 1956 (#3-7) Audio-Video Studios, New York City May 29-30, 1956 (#1-2) Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack

Similar
  
Kenny Burrell albums, Jazz albums

Kenny Burrell is an album by American jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell recorded in 1956 and released on the Blue Note label. The cover art was done by Andy Warhol. In 2000, it was released on the 2 CD-set Introducing Kenny Burrell: The First Blue Note Sessions along with Introducing Kenny Burrell, plus bonus tracks.

Contents

Track listing

All compositions by Kenny Burrell except as indicated
  1. "Get Happy" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 4:02
  2. "But Not for Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:49
  3. "Moten Swing" (Bennie Moten) - 6:08
  4. "Cheetah" - 4:43
  5. "Now See How You Are" (Woody Harris, Oscar Pettiford) - 5:54
  6. "Phinupi" - 4:42
  7. "How About You?" (Burton Lane, Ralph Freed) - 5:14

Recorded on March 12 (tracks 3-7), May 29 (track 1) and May 30 (track 2), 1956.

Personnel

  • Kenny Burrell - guitar
  • Frank Foster - tenor saxophone (tracks 5-7)
  • Tommy Flanagan - piano
  • Paul Chambers (track 1), Oscar Pettiford (tracks 3-7) - bass
  • Kenny Clarke (track 1), Shadow Wilson (tracks 3-7) - drums
  • Candido - conga (track 1)

    • Songs

    1Get Happy4:03
    2But Not for Me3:50
    3Moten Swing6:08

    References

    Kenny Burrell (Blue Note album) Wikipedia
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