Kenny Burrell Handcrafted

Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane - Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane (1958) {Prestige Japan, VDJ-1533, Mono, Early Press rel 1986}
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© 1958, 1986 Prestige / Victor Japan | VDJ-1533 | Mono | direct from a master recording
Jazz / Bop / Hard Bop / Guitar / Saxophone

One of our favorite Kenny Burrell albums – and a record with a much deeper feel than lots of his other work! Kenny cut this album with John Coltrane in 1958 – and the session's a real standout in both of their careers at the time – Kenny's, for being a well-crafted, highly-focused effort – and Coltrane's, for being a unique outing with a guitar, but one that's done with the same deep-spirited sound of his best work for Prestige. The group's a quintet, with Tommy Flanagan, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb in the rhythm section.

This auspicious recording started out almost as an afterthought. Jimmy Smith was in the midst of making his excellent big-band album ANY NUMBER CAN WIN when he stepped into a couple of New York studios with old pal Kenny Burrell and a rhythm section to quickly cut the sides that became BLUE BASH. The air of spontaneity is certainly present here, as Burrell and Smith use the common language of the blues to move through a varied program.