Kenny Burrell

Kenny Burrell with Frank Wess - Monday Stroll (1978) [Reissue 1994]

Kenny Burrell with Frank Wess - Monday Stroll (1978) [Reissue 1994]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 190 MB | Covers (6 MB) included
Genre: Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Savoy Jazz (SV-0246)

Recorded 1956-1957. Although the original LP was reissued under guitarist Kenny Burrell's name, it was originally led by Frank Wess, who is heard doubling on flute and tenor. With the assistance of Burrell, rhythm guitarist Freddie Green, bassist Eddie Jones and either Kenny Clarke or Gus Johnson on drums, Wess is in excellent form on a set very reminiscent (not too surprisingly considering the personnel) of the Count Basie band. Wess contributed four of the songs, Burrell brought in "Southern Exposure" and the quintet also plays "Over the Rainbow" and the obscure "Woolafunt's Lament." This is a fine straightahead date, with Wess's flute taking solo honors.
Kenny Burrell - Blue Lights, Volume 2 (1958) Japanese Reissue 2000, Remastered by RVG

Kenny Burrell - Blue Lights, Vol. 2 (1958) Japanese Reissue 2000, Remastered by RVG
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 252 Mb | Scans included
Label: Blue Note/Toshiba-EMI Ltd | # TOCJ-9184 | Time: 00:40:12
Genre: Bop, Hard Bop, Guitar Jazz

The second of two CD reissues of a jam session led by guitarist Kenny Burrell features the talented if forgotten trumpeter Louis Smith, both Junior Cook and Tina Brooks on tenors, pianist Bobby Timmons (Duke Jordan was on the first volume), bassist Sam Jones and drummer Art Blakey. The all-star group performs two standards ("Caravan" and the guitarist's feature on "Autumn in New York"), Sam Jones's "Chuckin'" and Burrell's "Rock Salt." This is excellent music that easily fits into the bop mainstream of the period.

Kenny Burrell - God Bless The Child (1971) {1987, Remastered}  Music

Posted by popsakov at Jan. 17, 2024
Kenny Burrell - God Bless The Child (1971) {1987, Remastered}

Kenny Burrell - God Bless The Child (1971) {1987, Remastered}
EAC Rip | WavPack (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 266 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 169 Mb
Full Scans | 00:42:37 | RAR 5% Recovery
Jazz, Hard Bop, Fusion | Epic #EPC 450893 2

Kenny Burrell's guitaristry is well-documented in his years with Oscar Peterson and on his first dates as a leader on the Blue Note label, but God Bless the Child, his only date for CTI in 1971, is an under-heard masterpiece in his catalog. Burrell's band for the set includes bassist Ron Carter, percussionist Ray Barretto, Richard Wyands on piano, flutist Hubert Laws, trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, and drummer Billy Cobham. CTI's house arranger, Don Sebesky, assembled and conducted the strings in a manner that stands strangely and beautifully apart from his other work on the label. Sebesky understood Burrell's understated approach to playing guitar.
Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue (1963) [Analogue Productions, Remastered 2010]

Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue (1963) [Remastered 2010]
XLD | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 240 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 107 Mb | Scans included | 00:44:07
Hard Bop, Jazz-Blues, Guitar Jazz | Label: Analogue Productions, Blue Note | # CBNJ 84123 SA

Midnight Blue is a 1963 album by Jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell featuring Stanley Turrentine on tenor saxophone, Major Holley on double bass, Bill English on drums and Ray Barretto on conga, and is one of Burrell's best-known works for Blue Note. Jazz Improv Magazine lists the album among its top five recommended recordings for Burrell, indicating that "if you need to know 'the Blue Note sound', here it is". In 2005, NPR included the album in its "Basic Jazz Library", describing it as "one of the great jazzy blues records".
Kenny Burrell - All Day Long / All Night Long (1957) [Reissue 2010]

Kenny Burrell - All Day Long / All Night Long (1957) [Reissue 2010]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 478 MB | Covers (8 MB) included
Genre: Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Not Now Music (NOT2CD374)

The jazz jam session has always been reserved for in-concert or club performances. Where these 1956-1957 recordings from guitarist Kenny Burrell and his all-star septet and sextet differ is that they were made in the confines of Rudy Van Gelder's recording studio, where the musicians were able to stretch out on two of the most memorable modern long-distance jam sessions of all time - All Night Long and All Day Long. Initially available as individual LPs and then together as a two-fer, this is a welcome reissue, showcasing perhaps the finest collective groups the Detroiter ever fronted. The extended aforementioned title tracks, with ample solo room for these individualists, were the best friends of after-hours radio DJs, and in the case of All Day, very danceable…

Kenny Burrell - Tin Tin Deo (1977) [Reissue 1994] (Repost)  Music

Posted by gribovar at Oct. 6, 2019
Kenny Burrell - Tin Tin Deo (1977) [Reissue 1994] (Repost)

Kenny Burrell - Tin Tin Deo (1977) [Reissue 1994]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 201 MB | Covers (6 MB) included
Genre: Jazz, Guitar Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Bellaphon Records (CCD-4045)

Tin Tin Deo is a typically tasteful set by guitarist Kenny Burrell. Performing in a sparse trio with bassist Reggie Johnson and drummer Carl Burnette, Burrell plays boppish and swinging versions of his own blues "The Common Ground," Erroll Garner's playful "La Petite Mambo," and six jazz standards. Nothing particularly surprising occurs but Burrell is heard throughout in above-average form and this release should please his fans.
Kenny Burrell & Coleman Hawkins - Bluesey Burrell (Remastered SACD) (1962/2019)

Kenny Burrell & Coleman Hawkins - Bluesey Burrell (Remastered SACD) (1962/2019)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 171 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 79 Mb | 00:34:34
Jazz, Bop | Label: Analogue Productions

Part of the ultimate audiophile Prestige stereo reissues from Analogue Productions — 25 of the most collectible, rarest, most audiophile-sounding Rudy Van Gelder recordings ever made. All cut at 33 1/3 and also released on Hybrid SACD All mastered from the original analog master tapes by mastering maestro Kevin Gray.

Kenny Burrell - Bluesin' Around [Recorded 1961-1962] (1983)  Music

Posted by gribovar at Oct. 24, 2021
Kenny Burrell - Bluesin' Around [Recorded 1961-1962] (1983)

Kenny Burrell - Bluesin' Around [Recorded 1961-1962] (1983)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 225 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 88 MB | Covers - 23 MB
Genre: Jazz, Bop, Guitar Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Sony Music/Columbia (477636-2)

The music on the set features guitarist Kenny Burrell in quartet/quintets with either tenor great Illinois Jacquet, trombonist Eddie Bert or altoist Leo Wright and either pianist Hank Jones or organist Jack McDuff. It is odd that Columbia did not issue any of the straightahead music at the time, considering McDuff's popularity, for the results, even with a few dated numbers such as "Mambo Twist," are excellent. After a short while, this LP went out of print and it took many years to appear on CD.
Thad Jones, Kenny Burrell, Frank Wess - After Hours (1957) [Japanese Edition 1992]

Thad Jones, Kenny Burrell, Frank Wess - After Hours (1957) [Japanese Edition 1992]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 214 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 98 MB | Covers - 28 MB
Genre: Jazz, Bop, Hard Bop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Victor (VICJ-23714)

A leaderless sextet jams on four of pianist Mal Waldron's originals. The performances range from eight to 12 minutes apiece. The all-star lineup - trumpeter Thad Jones, Frank Wess on tenor and flute, guitarist Kenny Burrell, Waldron, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Art Taylor - is in fine form on the straight-ahead material. Bop fans will want to pick this up.
The Kenny Burrell Trio - A Night at the Vanguard (1959) [Reissue 2008]

The Kenny Burrell Trio - A Night at the Vanguard (1959) [Reissue 2008]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 191 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 83 MB | Covers - 4 MB
Genre: Jazz, Bop, Guitar Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Verve (0602517613539)

Kenny Burrell's storied career as perhaps the premier modern jazz guitarist has been documented by many efforts in the studio, but here's a nightclub date that may well be highly ranked as one of his very best efforts. The spontaneity and freshness of Burrell's lyric lines and deft chords is further enhanced by perhaps the most advanced musicians he has ever played with - bassist Richard Davis and drummer Roy Haynes. For music done in 1959, this is heady, seat-of-the-pants, brilliantly executed jazz that is mostly based in standards, but stretched to exacting tolerances that bend, but are not close to breaking. Davis provides strong support without going as outward as he did later in life, while Haynes might sound subdued to his fans, yet has an elastic presence that allows the other two a lot of freedom to fully articulate this modern mainstream language as a prelude heading into the turbulent '60s…