The genius of Kenny Burrell

[2bornot2bop]

CTI records, oh yeah

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A Child Is Born...post YOUR KB favs!

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Bill Evans piano
Harold Land tenor
Kenny Burrell guitar
Ray Brown bass
Philly Joe Jones drums

[gggomez]

Not only is his playing top shelf, I love his arranging.

I love his chords and his single lines. I love how he is deep rooted in the blues and uses speed as a seasoning only. I really enjoy that I can understand what is going on.

I particularly love how this one moves between sections and the way this song moves into his solo in a different rhythmic feel and it is so seamless its magic.

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Kenny Burrell - A Night At The Vanguard, 1959

The entire session

Kenny Burrell - guitar
Richard Davis - bass
Roy Haynes - drums

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Conversations with Kenny Burrell - NYU@ UCLA

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Kenny Burrell, Tommy Flanagan, Paul Chambers, Kenny Clarke

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[TOMMO]

I'd really be hard pressed if asked who my favourite jazz guitarist is with so many greats but at the end of the day Kenny Burrell would make the top of the list for a lot of reasons - just one of them being his immense versatility. If the song calls for it he plays a straight Jimmy Reed style shuffle with the same passion as he does improvising over a complex progression.

Here are two of my favourite KB albums:

[lawson-stone]

I love this one, mainly because it's the first solo I ever transcribed. That showed me the underlying genius-in-simplicity that is (to me) the Kenny Burrell trademark.

[gggomez]

Hello Lawson, I cannot get link to work nor find the KB version, do you have another link
Cheers



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[grahambop]

Hello Lawson, I cannot get link to work nor find the KB version, do you have another link
Cheers



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It might be worth trying on a non-Apple device if you have one. A lot of these videos are blocked by Apple on my iPad but work ok on my Windows laptop.

[ESCC]

2bop, I'm confident that you are not listening to any of Kenny's recordings in a digital format, correct?

[grahambop]

I once learned this arrangement of Old Folks from Kenny’s recording, it taught me a lot.

[2bornot2bop]

2bop, I'm confident that you are not listening to any of Kenny's recordings in a digital format, correct?

Via youtube through my desktop routed through my home system via a high end DAC yes. But I'm a vinyl guy through and through my friend

Hello Lawson, I cannot get link to work nor find the KB version, do you have another link
Cheers

Does this help?

[Gitfiddler]

If you watch Mr. Burrell's right hand, you'll notice how he flexes his thumb as he plucks notes. He is so loose and smooth, even when playing fast lines. It's like he's gently encouraging each note, pulling out their very soul, rather than attacking them.

What a wonderful musician. One of my all time favorites.

[neatomic]

stating the obvious..but you still can't beat it...blue note classic..and blue note owner alfred lions fave bn recording ever

cheers

[John A.]

This is one of my faves ...

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