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Kenny Burrell
Kenneth Earl Burrell (born July 31, 1931) is an American jazz guitarist
Kenny Burrell
known for his work on the Blue Note label. His collaborations with Jimmy
Smith produced the 1965 Billboard Top Twenty hit album Organ Grinder
Swing.[1] He has cited jazz guitarists Charlie Christian and Django
Reinhardt as influences, along with blues guitarists T-Bone Walker and
Muddy Waters.[2][3][4]

Burrell is a professor and Director of Jazz Studies at the UCLA Herb Alpert
School of Music.[5]

Contents
Biography
Awards
Discography
As leader
Compilations
Burrell in Buffalo, New York, 1977
As sideman
Background information
References
External links Birth name Kenneth Earl
Burrell
Born July 31, 1931
Biography Detroit, Michigan,
U.S.
Burrell was born in Detroit, Michigan. Both his parents played
Genres Jazz, blues, soul
instruments,[6] and he began playing guitar at the age of 12. He went on to
jazz
study composition and theory with Louis Cabara and classical guitar with
Joe Fava. While a student at Wayne State University, he made his Occupation(s) Musician,
recording debut as a member of Dizzy Gillespie's sextet in 1951, followed by educator
the "Rose of Tangier/Ground Round" single recorded under his own name Instruments Guitar
at Fortune Records in Detroit. While in college, Burrell founded the New Years active 1951–present
World Music Society collective with fellow Detroit musicians Pepper
Labels Blue Note,
Adams, Donald Byrd, Elvin Jones, and Yusef Lateef.[2][3][4][5]
Prestige, Verve,
Burrell toured with Oscar Peterson after graduating in 1955[6] and then Fantasy,
moved to New York City in 1956 with pianist Tommy Flanagan. Within Fortune, Concord
months, Burrell had recorded his first album as leader for Blue Note and Jazz, Highnote
both he and Flanagan were sought-after as sidemen and studio musicians, Associated acts Jimmy Smith,
performing with singers Tony Bennett and Lena Horne and recording with Stanley
Billie Holiday, Jimmy Smith, Gene Ammons, and Kenny Dorham, among Turrentine
others. From 1957 to 1959, Burrell occupied the former chair of Charlie
Christian in Benny Goodman's band. Since his New York debut Burrell has had a prolific recording career, and critics
have cited The Cats with John Coltrane in 1957, Midnight Blue with Stanley Turrentine in 1963, and Guitar Forms
with arranger Gil Evans in 1965 as particular highlights.[2][3][4]

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In 1978, he began teaching a course at UCLA called "Ellingtonia," examining the life and accomplishments of Duke
Ellington. Although the two never collaborated directly, Ellington called Burrell his "favorite guitarist", and Burrell has
recorded a number of tributes to and interpretations of Ellington's works. Since 1996, Burrell has served as Director of
Jazz Studies at UCLA, mentoring such notable alumni as Gretchen Parlato and Kamasi Washington.[4][5][7][8]

Awards
Burrell has won several jazz polls in Japan and the United Kingdom as well as in the United States. Burrell wrote,
arranged, and performed on the 1998 Grammy Award-winning album Dear Ella by Dee Dee Bridgewater, received the
2004 Jazz Educator of the Year Award from Down Beat, and was named a 2005 NEA Jazz Master.[4]

Discography

As leader
Introducing Kenny Burrell (Blue Note, 1956)
Kenny Burrell Volume 2 (Blue Note, 1956)
Swingin' (Blue Note, 1956 [rel. 1980])
All Night Long (Prestige, 1956)
All Day Long (Prestige, 1957)
Earthy (Prestige, 1957)
Kenny Burrell (Prestige, 1957)
2 Guitars (Prestige, 1957) with Jimmy Raney
K. B. Blues (Blue Note, 1957 [rel. 1979])
Monday Stroll (Savoy, 1957) with Frank Wess reissue of Opus in Swing
Just Wailin' (New Jazz, 1958) with Herbie Mann, Charlie Rouse, Mal Waldron
Kenny Burrell and John Coltrane (Prestige, 1958) with John Coltrane
Blue Lights Volume 1 (Blue Note, 1958)
Blue Lights Volume 2 (Blue Note, 1958)
On View at the Five Spot Cafe (Blue Note, 1959)
A Night at the Vanguard (Argo, 1959)
Weaver of Dreams (Columbia, 1960–61)
Bluesin' Around (Columbia, 1961–62 [rel. 1983])
Bluesy Burrell (Moodsville, 1962)
Midnight Blue (Blue Note, 1963)
Crash! (Prestige, 1963) with Jack McDuff
Lotsa Bossa Nova! (Kapp, 1963)
Blue Bash! (Verve, 1963) with Jimmy Smith
Travelin' Light (Prestige, 1964) with Shirley Scott
Soul Call (Prestige, 1964)
Freedom (Blue Note, 1963–64 [rel. 1980])
Guitar Forms (Verve, 1965)
The Tender Gender (Cadet, 1966)
Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas (Cadet, 1966)
A Generation Ago Today (Verve, 1966–67)
Ode to 52nd Street (Cadet, 1967)
Blues – The Common Ground (Verve, 1967–68)
Night Song (Verve, 1968–69)
Asphalt Canyon Suite (Verve, 1969)
God Bless the Child (CTI, 1971)
'Round Midnight (Fantasy, 1972)
Both Feet on the Ground (Fantasy, 1973)

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Up the Street, 'Round the Corner, Down the Block (Fantasy, 1974)
Stormy Monday (Fantasy, 1974 [rel. 1978])
Ellington Is Forever (Fantasy, 1975)
Ellington Is Forever Volume Two (Fantasy, 1975 [rel. 1977])
Sky Street (Fantasy, 1976)
Prime: Live at the Downtown Room (HighNote, 1976 [rel. 2009])
Tin Tin Deo (Concord, 1977)
Handcrafted (Muse, 1978)
When Lights Are Low (Concord, 1978)
Live at the Village Vanguard (Muse, 1978 [rel. 1980])
Kenny Burrell in New York (Muse, 1978 [rel. 1981])
Moon and Sand (Concord, 1979)
Heritige (Audio Source/Voss, 1980)
Listen to the Dawn (Muse, 1980 [rel. 1983])
Groovin' High (Muse, 1981 [rel. 1984])
A la Carte [live] (Muse, 1983 [rel. 1985])
Ellington a la Carte (Muse, 1983 [rel. 1991])
Togethering (Blue Note, 1985) with Grover Washington Jr.
Generation (featuring the Jazz Guitar Band) (Blue Note, 1986)
Pieces of Blue and the Blues (featuring the Jazz Guitar Band) (Blue Note, 1986 [rel. 1988])
Guiding Spirit: Recorded Live at the Village Vanguard (Contemporary, 1989)
Sunup to Sundown (Contemporary, 1991)
Midnight at the Village Vanguard (Evidence, 1993)
Then Along Came Kenny: Live at the Village Vanguard (Evidence, 1993)
Lotus Blossom (Concord, 1995)
Live at the Blue Note (featuring the Jazz Heritage All Stars) (Concord, 1996)
Love is the Answer (featuring the Boys Choir of Harlem) (Concord Concerto, 1997)
Lucky So and So (Concord, 2000)
Blue Muse (Concord, 2002)
The Ralph J. Bunche Suite (UCLA Ethnomusicology, 2006)
75th Birthday Bash Live! (Blue Note, 2006) with Gerald Wilson Orchestra
Tenderly: Solo Guitar Concert (HighNote, 2007 [rel. 2011])
Be Yourself: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (HighNote, 2008 [rel. 2010])
Special Requests (and Other Favorites): Live at Catalina's (HighNote, 2013)
The Road to Love (HighNote, 2015)
Unlimited 1: Live at Catalina's (featuring the Los Angeles Jazz Orchestra) (HighNote, 2016)

Compilations
Kenny Burrell and the Jazz Giants [Prestige/Fantasy/Contemporary/Milestone material] (Fantasy, 1998)
Laid Back [Muse material] (32 Jazz, 1998)
12–15–78 (32 Jazz, 1999) – compiles Live at the Village Vanguard, and Kenny Burrell in New York.
Introducing Kenny Burrell: The First Blue Note Sessions (Blue Note, 2000) – compiles Introducing Kenny Burrell,
Kenny Burrell Volume 2, and K. B. Blues.

As sideman
Jazzmen Detroit – with Tommy Flanagan, Pepper Adams, Paul Chambers, Kenny Clarke (Savoy, 1956) (also
released as Kenny Clarke Meets the Detroit Jazzmen)
With Nat Adderley

Little Big Horn (Riverside, 1963)

With Mose Allison

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Ever Since the World Ended (Blue Note, 1987)

With Gene Ammons

Funky (Prestige, 1956)

Jammin' in Hi Fi with Gene Ammons (Prestige, 1957)
Bad! Bossa Nova (Prestige, 1962)
With Ernestine Anderson

My Kinda Swing (Mercury, 1960)

With Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong and His Friends (Flying Dutchman, 1970)

With Sil Austin and Red Prysock

Battle Royale (Mercury, 1959)

With Chet Baker

Chet (Riverside, 1959)

Baby Breeze (Limelight, 1965)
With Ray Barretto

Portraits in Jazz and Clave (RCA, 2000)

With Bill Barron

West Side Story Bossa Nova (Dauntless, 1963)

With Tony Bennett

Tony Bennett at Carnegie Hall (Columbia, 1962)

With Andy Bey

Now! Hear! (Prestige, 1964)

'Round Midnight (Prestige, 1965)
With Betty Blake

Betty Blake Sings in a Tender Mood (Bethlehem, 1960)

With Eddie Bonnemere

Jazz Orient Ed (Prestige, 1964)

With Pat Bowie

Out of Sight! (Prestige, 1965)

With Dee Dee Bridgewater

Dear Ella (Verve, 1997)

With Ronnell Bright

Bright's Spot (Savoy, 1956)

With James Brown

Please Please Please (King, 1959)

Try Me! (King, 1959)
With Ray Brown

Some of My Best Friends Are...Guitarists (Telarc, 2002)

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With Donald Byrd

Motor City Scene (Bethlehem, 1960)

A New Perspective (Blue Note, 1963)
Up with Donald Byrd (Verve, 1965)
With Betty Carter

'Round Midnight (Atco, 1963)

With Paul Chambers

Whims of Chambers (Blue Note, 1956)

Bass on Top (Blue Note, 1957)
With Ray Charles

Soul Meeting – with Milt Jackson (Atlantic, 1961)

With Sonny Clark

Sonny Clark Quintets (Blue Note, 1958)

With Chris Connor

Chris Connor Sings Ballads of the Sad Café (Atlantic, 1959)

In Person (Atlantic, 1959)
With Blossom Dearie

Blossom Dearie Sings Comden and Green (Verve, 1960)

My Gentleman Friend (Verve, 1961)
With Kenny Dorham

'Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia (Blue Note, 1956)

With Bill Evans

Quintessence (Fantasy, 1976)

With Gil Evans

The Individualism of Gil Evans (Verve, 1964)

With Art Farmer

Ph.D. (Contemporary, 1989)

With Tommy Flanagan

Beyond the Blue Bird (Timeless, 1990)

With Frank Foster

No 'Count (Savoy, 1956)

With Aretha Franklin

Yeah!!! (Columbia, 1965)

Soul '69 (Atlantic, 1969)
With Red Garland

Red Garland Revisited! (Prestige, 1957 [1969])

Stepping Out (Galaxy, 1979)
So Long Blues (Galaxy, 1979 [1984])

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With Stan Getz

Reflections (Verve, 1963)

Getz Au Go Go (Verve, 1965)
What the World Needs Now: Stan Getz Plays Burt Bacharach and Hal David (Verve, 1968)
With Terry Gibbs

Take It from Me (Impulse!, 1964)

With Dizzy Gillespie

Dee Gee Days: The Savoy Sessions (Savoy, 1951–52 [rel. 1976])
With Paul Gonsalves

Cleopatra Feelin' Jazzy (Impulse!, 1963)

With Babs Gonzales

Tales of Manhattan: The Cool Philosophy of Babs Gonzales (Jaro, 1959)

With Sandy Graham

Comes Love (Jazz Link Enterprises, 2000)

With Roland Hanna

Destry Rides Again (Atco, 1959)

With Nancy Harrow

Wild Women Don't Have the Blues (Candid, 1961)

With Coleman Hawkins

Soul (Prestige, 1958)

The Hawk Relaxes (Moodsville, 1961)
With Eddie Harris

Cool Sax from Hollywood to Broadway (Columbia, 1964)

With Gene Harris

World Tour 1990 (Concord, 1990)

With Johnny Hartman

I Just Dropped by to Say Hello (Impulse!, 1964)

With Jimmy Heath

On the Trail (Riverside, 1964)

With Johnny Hodges

Sandy's Gone (Verve, 1963)

Mess of Blues with Wild Bill Davis (Verve, 1964)
Blue Rabbit (Verve, 1965)
Stride Right – with Earl "Fatha" Hines (Verve, 1966)
Blue Notes (Verve, 1966)
With Jay Hoggard

The Fountain (Muse, 1991)

With Billie Holiday

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Lady Sings the Blues (Clef, 1956)

With Shirley Horn

Loads of Love (Mercury, 1963)

With Lena Horne

Stormy Weather (RCA Victor, 1957)

With Milt Jackson

Bags & Flutes (Atlantic, 1957)

Bean Bags – with Coleman Hawkins (Atlantic, 1958)
Vibrations (Atlantic, 1960–61)
Soul Meeting – with Ray Charles (Atlantic, 1961)
Much in Common – with Ray Brown (Verve, 1964)
With Willis Jackson

Bossa Nova Plus (Prestige, 1962)

With Illinois Jacquet

The Cool Rage (Verve, 1958)

The Message (Argo, 1963)
Desert Winds (Argo, 1964)
Birthday Party (Groove Note, 1999)
With John Jenkins

John Jenkins with Kenny Burrell (Blue Note, 1957)

With Budd Johnson

French Cookin' (Argo, 1963)

With J. J. Johnson

Broadway Express (RCA Victor, 1965)

With Etta Jones

Love Shout (Prestige, 1962)

Hollar! (Prestige, 1962)
With Hank Jones

Porgy and Bess (Capitol, 1959)

Here's Love (Argo, 1963)
Ain't Misbehavin' (Galaxy, 1978)
With Quincy Jones

The Birth of a Band! (Mercury, 1959)

Birth of a Band, Vol. 2 (Mercury, 1959)
Quincy Plays for Pussycats (Mercury, 1959-65 [1965])
With Thad Jones

Detroit-New York Junction (Blue Note, 1956)

After Hours (Prestige, 1957)
With Taft Jordan

Mood Indigo (Moodsville, 1961)

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With Bev Kelly

Love Locked Out (Riverside, 1960)

With Wynton Kelly

Piano (Riverside, 1958)

Comin' in the Back Door (Verve, 1963)
It's All Right! (Verve, 1964)
With Joe Kennedy, Jr.

Strings by Candlelight (Capitol, 1962)

With B.B. King

Live at the Apollo (GRP, 1991)

With Yusef Lateef

The Blue Yusef Lateef (Atlantic, 1968)

With Hubert Laws

Laws' Cause (Atlantic, 1968)

With The Leiber–Stoller Big Band

Yakety Yak (Atlantic, 1960)

With Melba Liston

Melba Liston and Her 'Bones (MetroJazz, 1959)

With Gloria Lynne

Miss Gloria Lynne (Everest, 1958)

With Gildo Mahones

I'm Shooting High (Prestige, 1963)

The Great Gildo (Prestige, 1964)
With Herbie Mann

Just Wailin' (Prestige, 1958)

With Jack McDuff

Screamin' (Prestige, 1962)

Somethin' Slick! (Prestige, 1963)
Steppin' Out (Prestige, 1961–66 [rel. 1969])
With Gary McFarland

The Jazz Version of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" (Verve, 1962)
Soft Samba (Verve, 1963)
The In Sound (Verve, 1965)
With Jimmy McGriff

The Big Band (Solid State, 1966)

With Billy Mitchell

A Little Juicy (Smash, 1963)

With Wes Montgomery

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Fusion! Wes Montgomery with Strings (Riverside, 1963)

With Frank Morgan

Listen to the Dawn (Antilles, 1993)

With Maria Muldaur

Sweet Harmony (Reprise, 1976)

With Dave Pike

Bossa Nova Carnival (New Jazz, 1962)

Times Out of Mind (Muse, 1975)
With Billie Poole

Confessin' the Blues! (Riverside, 1963)

With The Prestige All Stars

Interplay for 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors (Prestige, 1957)

With Ike Quebec

Soul Samba (Blue Note, 1962)

With Jerome Richardson

Midnight Oil (New Jazz, 1958)

With Freddie Roach

Down to Earth (Blue Note, 1962)

Mo' Greens Please (Blue Note, 1963)
With Sonny Rollins

Alfie (Impulse! 1966)

With Charlie Rouse

Bossa Nova Bacchanal (Blue Note, 1962)

With Vanessa Rubin

I'm Glad There Is You: A Tribute to Carmen McRae (Novus, 1994)

With A. K. Salim

Stable Mates (Savoy, 1957)

With Lalo Schifrin

Once a Thief and Other Themes (Verve, 1965)

With Carol Sloane

Love You Madly (Contemporary, 1988)

With Jimmy Smith

Jimmy Smith at the Organ, Vol. 1 (Blue Note, 1957)

Jimmy Smith at the Organ, Vol. 2 (Blue Note, 1957)
Confirmation (Blue Note, 1958 [rel. 1979])
House Party (Blue Note, 1958)
Softly as a Summer Breeze (Blue Note, 1958)
Six Views of the Blues (Blue Note, 1958 [rel. 1999])
The Sermon! (Blue Note, 1959)
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Home Cookin' (Blue Note, 1960)

Midnight Special (Blue Note, 1961)
Back at the Chicken Shack (Blue Note, 1963)
Any Number Can Win (Verve, 1963)
The Cat (Verve, 1964)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Verve, 1964)
Christmas '64 (Verve, 1964)
Monster (Verve, 1965)
Organ Grinder Swing (Verve, 1965)
Got My Mojo Workin' (Verve, 1965)
Hootchie Coochie Man (Verve, 1966)
Second Coming (Mojo, 1980)
Keep On Comin' (Elektra, 1983)
Go For Whatcha Know (Blue Note, 1986)
Fourmost (Milestone, 1990)
Fourmost Return (Milestone, 1990 [rel. 2001])
The Master (Blue Note, 1993)
The Master II (Blue Note, 1993 [rel. 1997])
With Dakota Staton

Time to Swing (Capitol, 1959)

With Sylvia Syms

Sylvia Is! (Prestige, 1965)

Then Along Came Bill: A Tribute to Bill Evans (DRG, 1989)
With Ed Thigpen

Out of the Storm (Verve, 1966)

With Cal Tjader

Warm Wave (Verve, 1964)

Soul Sauce (Verve, 1965)
With Stanley Turrentine

Jubilee Shout!!! (Blue Note, 1962)

Hustlin' (Blue Note, 1964)
Joyride (Blue Note, 1965)
The Look of Love (Blue Note, 1968)
Always Something There (Blue Note, 1968)
The Sugar Man (CTI, 1971)
With Dinah Washington

What a Diff'rence a Day Makes! (Mercury, 1959)

With Doug Watkins

Watkins at Large (Transition, 1956)

With Dicky Wells

Trombone Four-in-Hand (Felsted, 1959)

With Frank Wess

North, South, East...Wess (Savoy, 1956)

Opus in Swing (Savoy, 1956)
Jazz For Playboys (Savoy 1957)

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With Randy Weston

Uhuru Afrika (Roulette, 1960)

With Joe Williams

Jump for Joy (RCA Victor, 1963)

Me and the Blues (RCA Victor, 1964)
With Kai Winding

Soul Surfin' (Verve, 1963)

Rainy Day (Verve, 1965)
More Brass (Verve, 1966)
With Jimmy Witherspoon

Baby, Baby, Baby (Prestige, 1963)

Blue Spoon (Prestige, 1964)
With Leo Wright

Suddenly the Blues (Atlantic, 1962)

Soul Talk (Vortext, 1963 [rel. 1970])

References
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2. Collar, Matt. "Kenny Burrell" (https://www.allmusic.com/artist/kenny-burrell-mn0000068780/biography). AllMusic.
Retrieved 3 August 2016.
3. Cohassey, John. "Kenny Burrell: Guitarist, Educator." Contemporary Musicians. Profiles of the People in Music.
Ed. Julia M. Rubiner. Vol. 11. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1994. 29-31. Print
4. Nash, Sunny. "Kenny Burrell Biography." PRLog, 13 May 2009. Web. 06 Mar. 2015.
5. O'Connell, Sean J. (24 January 2014). "A Jazz Elder Becomes A UCLA Professor" (https://www.npr.org/sections/a
blogsupreme/2014/01/24/265068901/to-preserve-americas-gift-to-the-world-a-jazz-elder-becomes-a-ucla-profess
or). NPR.org. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
6. Sallis, James. "Middle Ground: Herb Ellis, Howard Roberts, Jim Hall, Kenny Burrell, Joe Pass, Tal Farlow." Jazz
Guitars: An Anthology. First ed. New York: Quill, 1984. 197-207. Print.
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External links
Kenny Burrell Interview (https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/kenny-burrell) NAMM Oral History Library
(2008)

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