Kenny Burrell - Introducing Kenny Burrell (APE+CUE)

Kenny Burrell - Introducing Kenny Burrell (APE+CUE)



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Contains tracks from the sessions that resulted in Introducing Kenny Burrell and Kenny Burrell Vol. 2.



Detroit guitarist Kenny Burrell made his recording debut as a leader on Blue Note Records in 1956 at age 24, and forever changed the state of jazz guitar. This epic two-disc collection gathers that first session and two others from the same year. Burrell displays all the full-bodied, soulful swing for which he would become legendary, and a skillful hand at both standards and his own original tunes. These early sessions show a fully formed stylist who would soon take the jazz world by storm with his smooth, clear sound and unlimited creative virtuosity.



No one session stands out above the rest, although Burrell's debut, covering all of Disc One, has a special energy. Disc Two, however, is stimulating in its pairing of Burrell in two sessions with either Frank Foster or Hank Mobley. Kenny Burrell's first recorded chapter is a stellar beginning.



Personnel: Kenny Burrell (guitar); Frank Foster, Hank Mobley (tenor saxophone); Tommy Flanagan, Horace Silver (piano); Paul Chambers, Oscar Pettiford, Doug Watkins (bass); Kenny Clarke, Shadow Wilson, Louis Hayes (drums); Candido Camero (congas).



Track Listings:

Disc 1

01 This Time the Dream's on Me

02 Fugue 'N Blues

03 Takeela

04. Weaver of Dreams

05 Delilah

06 Rhythmorama

07 Blues for Skeeter

08 Get Happy

09 But Not for Me



Disc 2

01 Moten Swing

02 Cheetah

03 Now See How You Are

04 Phinupi

05 My Heart Stood Still

06 How About You?

07 K.B. Blues

08 D.B. Blues

09 Nica's Dream

10 Out for Blood

11 K.B. Blues (Alternate Take)