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11-09-2024 06:21 AM
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KB is underrepresented in my record collection. I should rectify that. He is always an elegant, tasteful player. I always think of him as having the classic archtop jazz guitar tone, so when he uses an flattop he sounds great but I am momentarily startled. Looks like he has flatwounds on it.
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Thanks for sharing! He’s my favourite. Doesn’t play too many notes, song comes first, always melodic, incredible tone.
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And he's still alive !
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One of my favourites, too. Only last night was listening to the Village Vanguard album. Just wonderful!
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The older I get, the more I dig KB (he is my third favorite jazz guitarist behind WM and JP). Kenny doesn't play a lot of note, but he plays the right ones, always peppered with a good dose of the blues.
Thank you Mr. Burrell for the music!
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Originally Posted by Stringswinger
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Originally Posted by jameslovestal
And Joe played the right chords too.
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When I was much younger I suffered under the bizarre delusion that Kenny had just ordinary chops, nothing special. Then one night I saw him with his trio in a small club in North Beach, San Francisco in... around 1976, I think. There were not more than a dozen people in the club that night (a week night), including the waitresses and me.
I was permanently cured of that mistaken belief that night, it was abundantly clear that he had no difficulty executing whatever musical idea occurred to him, his playing was phenomenal.
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Originally Posted by Mick-7
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Originally Posted by Stringswinger
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Keystone-Kops
It was just some small dive in North Beach, not sure why Kenny was playing there, maybe he was in town for another gig so added it.
I did see quite a few artists at Keystone though: Pat Martino, Jim Hall, et. al. It was a great club.
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Originally Posted by Stringswinger
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I guess there's been no update since the controversial gofundme a few years ago.
I contributed, hope he really needed it.
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Originally Posted by wintermoon
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Originally Posted by Mick-7
When Bebop Filled the Night - FoundSF
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Originally Posted by Mick-7
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Originally Posted by Lionelsax
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This is the 2001 Odyssey for those (all) who didn't understand the joke.
This place doesn't exist.
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Originally Posted by Lionelsax
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Originally Posted by Stringswinger
My first three years in New York, I lived on 92 and Fort Hamilton Pkwy.
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Originally Posted by Stringswinger
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Originally Posted by Cunamara
Strange indeed that there's been no mention of it since, the truth usually comes out at some point though guess I shouldn't be that surprised.
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These articles are about 5 years old now....
This Washington Post article is behind a paywall, has an intriguing title:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/enter...4ad_story.html
Here's another newspaper article:
Kenny Burrell's journey goes from from jazz legend to GoFundMe appeal | TribLIVE.com
It's hard not to be suspicious about the Go-Fund-Me page because the story is so extreme, it's like, let's write a story in which everything bad you can think of happens to someone: physical accident, big medical bills, identity theft, threatened foreclosure, etc., it's almost inconceivable that such a series of events could occur at one time.
Campana de Katherine Goodrich-Burrell : Support Kenny Burrell
I just hope that he's o.k. and someone is looking out for him, the Go-Fund-Me page does not make one feel confident about that.
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