Kenny Burrell

Kenny Burrell vuonna 1977.

Kenneth Earl "Kenny" Burrell (s. 31. heinäkuuta 1931) on yhdysvaltalainen jazzkitaristi. Hän syntyi Michiganin Detroitissa, opiskeli Wayne Statessa ja levytti Dizzy Gillespien kanssa jo vuonna 1951.

Myöhemmällä urallaan Burrell on tehnyt yhteistyötä muiden muassa Oscar Petersonin, John Coltranen, Billie Holidayn ja Frank Wessin kanssa. Hän on johtanut myös omia yhtyeitään.

Burrellin levytysten joukossa on Midnight Blue (1963).

Diskografiaa

Orkesterinjohtajana

• Introducing Kenny Burrell (Blue Note, 1956)
• Kenny Burrell Volume 2 (Blue Note, 1956)
• Swingin' (Blue Note, 1956)
• All Night Long (Prestige, 1956)
• All Day Long (Prestige, 1957)
• Earthy (Prestige, 1957)
• Kenny Burrell (Prestige, 1957)
• 2 Guitars (Prestige, 1957) - mukana Jimmy Raney
• K. B. Blues (Blue Note, 1957)
• Kenny Burrell and John Coltrane (Prestige, 1958)
• 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 [1983])
• Bluesy Burrell (Moodsville, 1962)
• Midnight Blue (Blue Note, 1963)
• Crash! (Prestige, 1963) - mukana Jack McDuff
• Lotsa Bossa Nova! (Kapp, 1963)
• Blue Bash! (Verve, 1963) - mukana Jimmy Smith
• Travelin' Light (Prestige, 1964) - mukana Shirley Scott
• Soul Call (Prestige, 1964)
• Freedom (Blue Note, 1963-64 [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)
• Up the Street, 'Round the Corner, Down the Block (Fantasy, 1974)
• Stormy Monday (Fantasy, 1974 [1978])
• Sky Street (Fantasy, 1974)
• Ellington Is Forever (Fantasy, 1975)
• Ellington Is Forever Volume Two (Fantasy, 1975 [1977])
• Tin Tin Deo (Concord, 1977)
• Handcrafted (Muse, 1978)
• When Lights Are Low (Concord, 1978)
• Live at the Village Vanguard (Muse, 1978)
• In New York (Muse, 1978)
• Moon and Sand (Concord, 1979)
• Heretige (Audio Source/Voss, 1980)
• Listen to the Dawn (Muse, 1980)
• Groovin'High (Muse, 1981)
• Ellington à la Carte (Muse, 1983)
• À la Carte (Muse, 1983)
• Togethering (Blue Note, 1985) - mukana Grover Washington, Jr.
• Generation (Blue Note, 1986)
• Pieces of Blue and the Blues (Blue Note, 1986 [1988])
• Guiding Spirit (Contemporary, 1989)
• Sunup to Sundown (Contemporary, 1991)
• Then Along Came Kenny (Evidence, 1993)
• Lotus Blossom (Concord, 1995)
• Love Is the Answer, featuring The Boys Choir of Harlem (Concord Concerto, 1998)
• Lucky So and So (Concord Jazz, 2001)
• Blue Muse (Concord Jazz, 2003)
• 75th Birthday Bash Live! (Blue Note, 2007)
• Be Yourself: Live at Dizzy's (Highnote, 2010)
• Tenderly (Highnote, 2011)
• Special Requests (and Other Favorites) (Highnote, 2013)

Sessiomuusikkona

• Jazzmen of Detroit, mukana Tommy Flanagan, Pepper Adams, Paul Chambers ja Kenny Clarke (1956; Savoy Records)

Chet Baker

• Chet (Riverside, 1959)

Gene Ammons

• Funky (Prestige, 1956)
• Jammin' in Hi Fi with Gene Ammons (Prestige, 1957)
• Bad! Bossa Nova (Prestige, 1962)

James Brown

• Please Please Please (King, 1959)
• Try Me! (King, 1959)

Paul Chambers

• Whims of Chambers (1956)
• Bass on Top (1957)

Blossom Dearie

• Blossom Dearie Sings Comden and Green (Verve, 1960)
• My Gentleman Friend (Verve, 1961)

Bill Evans

• Quintessence (Fantasy, 1976)

Art Farmer

• Ph.D. (Contemporary, 1989)

Frank Foster

• No 'Count (Savoy, 1956)

Red Garland

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

Terry Gibbs

• Take It from Me (Impulse!, 1964)

Dizzy Gillespie

• Dee Gee Days: The Savoy Sessions (Savoy, 1951-52 [1976])

Coleman Hawkins

• Soul (Prestige, 1958)
• The Hawk Relaxes (Moodsville, 1961)

Eddie Harris

• Cool Sax from Hollywood to Broadway (Columbia, 1964)

Johnny Hartman

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

Jimmy Heath

• On the Trail (Riverside, 1964)

Billie Holiday

• Lady Sings the Blues (Clef, 1956)

Lena Horne

• Stormy Weather (RCA Victor, 1957)

Milt Jackson

• Bags & Flutes (Atlantic, 1957)
• Bean Bags, mukana Coleman Hawkins (Atlantic, 1958)
• Soul Brothers, mukana Ray Charles (Atlantic, 1958)
• Vibrations (Atlantic, 1960–61)
• Soul Meeting, mukana Ray Charles (Atlantic, 1961)
• Much in Common, mukana Ray Brown (Verve, 1964)

Willis Jackson

• Bossa Nova Plus (Prestige, 1962)

Illinois Jacquet

• The Message (Argo, 1963)
• Desert Winds (Argo, 1964)

John Jenkins

• John Jenkins with Kenny Burrell (Blue Note, 1957)

Etta Jones

• Love Shout (Prestige, 1962)

Thad Jones

• Detroit-New York Junction (Blue Note, 1956)
• After Hours (Prestige, 1957)

Wynton Kelly

• Piano (Riverside, 1958)
• Comin' in the Back Door (Verve, 1963)
• It's All Right! (Verve, 1964)

Yusef Lateef

• The Blue Yusef Lateef (Atlantic, 1968)

Hubert Laws

• Laws' Cause (Atlantic, 1968)

Gildo Mahones

• I'm Shooting High (Prestige, 1963)
• The Great Gildo (Prestige, 1964)

Herbie Mann

• Just Wailin' (Prestige, 1958)

Jack McDuff

• Screamin' (Prestige, 1962)
• Somethin' Slick! (Prestige, 1963)
• Steppin' Out (Prestige, 1961-66 [1969])

The Prestige All Stars

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

Ike Quebec

• Soul Samba (Blue Note, 1962)

Jerome Richardson

• Midnight Oil (New Jazz, 1958)

Freddie Roach

• Down to Earth (Blue Note, 1962)
• Mo' Greens Please (Blue Note, 1963)

Sonny Rollins

• Alfie (Impulse! 1966)

Charlie Rouse

• Bossa Nova Bacchanal (Blue Note, 1962)

Lalo Schifrin

• Once a Thief and Other Themes (Verve, 1965)

Jimmy Smith

• House Party (Blue Note, 1957)
• Softly as a Summer Breeze (Blue Note, 1958)
• Home Cookin' (Blue Note, 1958–59)
• Midnight Special (Blue Note, 1961)
• Back at the Chicken Shack (Blue Note, 1963)
• Organ Grinder Swing (Verve, 1965)
• The Master (Blue Note, 1994)

Sylvia Syms

• Sylvia Is! (Prestige, 1965)

Ed Thigpen

• Out of the Storm (Verve, 1966)

Cal Tjader

• Soul Sauce (Verve, 1965)

Stanley Turrentine

• Jubilee Shout!!! (Blue Note, 1962)
• Hustlin' (Blue Note, 1964)
• The Sugar Man (CTI, 1971)

Doug Watkins

• Watkins at Large (Transition, 1956)

Frank Wess

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

Opus in Swing (Savoy, 1956)

Randy Weston

• Uhuru Afrika (Roulette, 1960)

Kai Winding

• More (Theme from Mondo Cane) (Verve, 1963)

Jimmy Witherspoon

• Baby, Baby, Baby (Prestige, 1963)
• Blue Spoon (Prestige, 1964)