He is a stylish and fluent improviser and these early titles are an enjoyable showcase for his distinctive approach to jazz guitar.- Kenny Burrell is an American modern jazz guitarist, composer, bandleader and educator, born in 1931 and still alive at the age of 94 as these notes are being written. Making his recording debut in 1951, he became a valued and versatile sideman, recording and performing prolifically for over 65 years through to 2015, in a huge variety of recording settings. He also recorded and performed leading his own bands, and quite early in his career recorded a number of sessions under his own name for Alfred Lion's Blue Note label, from which came his first albums, all taking advantage of the opportunity for extended performances on the new LP format. This 21- track 2-CD set comprises titles from those sessions for Blue Note during his early years as a bandleader, and features all the titles from the Blue Note albums "Introducing Kenny Burrell", "Kenny Burrell" and "Blue Lights Vol. 1" and most of the titles from the album "Blue Lights Vol. 2". Musicians in his groups include tenor saxophonist Frank Foster, pianists Tommy Flanagan, Duke Jordan and Bobby Timmons, bassists Oscar Pettiford, Paul Chambers and Sam Jones, drummers Shadow Wilson, Kenny Clarke and Art Blakey, trumpeter Louis Smith, tenor saxophonists Frank Foster, Junior Cook and Tina Brooks and percussionist Candido Camero. He is a stylish and fluent improviser and these early titles are an enjoyable showcase for his distinctive approach to jazz guitar.

Kenny Burrell - "Kenny Burrell (Original Jazz Classics Series)". This eponymous album by Kenny Burrell was originally released on Prestige in 1957. It was his fourth album on the label as leader, his sixth album as leader in total, and features, alongside Burrell (guitar), Cecil Payne (sax), Tommy Flanagan (piano), Doug Watkins (bass), and Elvin Jones (drums). This new edition of the album is released as part of the Original Jazz Classics Series with all-analog mastering from the original tapes at Coherent Audio on 180-gram vinyl pressed at RTI in a Stoughton Tip-On Jacket.

On View At The Five Spot Cafe: The Complete Masters expands Kenny Burrell's 1959 live album featuring Art Blakey, Tina Brooks, Roland Hanna, Bobby Timmons, and Ben Tucker to a 2-CD and 3-LP set as part of the Tone Poet Vinyl Series including 6 previously unissued tracks. Produced by Joe Harley, the album has been remastered from the original master tapes by Kevin Gray and comes with a booklet featuring never-before-seen Francis Wolff photos, a new interview with Burrell in conversation with Don Was & more.

Kenny Burrell / Art Blakey - "On View At The Five Spot Cafe: The Complete Masters (Blue Note Tone Poet Series)" [180gram 3xLP] Kenny Burrell's 1959 live album - featuring Art Blakey, Tina Brooks, Roland Hanna, Bobby Timmons and Ben Tucker - is expanded with this Blue Note Tone Poet Series edition. On View At The Five Spot Cafe: The Complete Masters includes 6 previously unreleased tracks. Produced by Joe Harley, the 3 LP set is all-analog cut directly from the original master tapes by Kevin Gray, pressed on 180g vinyl at RTI and packaged in a deluxe, tip-on trifold jacket with a booklet featuring never-before-seen Francis Wolff photos, a new interview with Burrell in conversation with Don Was, and more. Capitol Music Group; Blue Note; Jazz; Catalog.

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing in deluxe gatefold jacket. The first thing that strikes you about Kenny Burrell's second album for Blue Note is the cover, which features an illustration by Andy Warhol. The second is the music drawn from 4 different sessions recorded in 1956 with the guitarist featured in a variety of settings. Blue Note Tone Poet Series features all-analog remastering.

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Guitarist Kenny Burrell debuted on Blue Note Records in 1956 and over the following 7 years made a series of excellent albums for the label that culminated with his masterwork Midnight Blue. Recorded in 1963, the album waded deep into the blues, conjuring an alluring late-night vibe with a profoundly soulful cast including tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine, bassist Major Holley, Jr., drummer Bill English, and Ray Barretto on congas. Burrell originals including "Chitlins con Carne," "Midnight Blue," "Saturday Night Blues," and the stunning solo guitar piece "Soul Lament" set the tone for this timeless classic adorned by one of the all-time great Reid Miles cover designs.

Vinyl LP pressing. Introducing Kenny Burrell put the jazz world on notice in 1956 that an extraordinary new guitarist was on the scene who combined bebop and the blues with smoky aplomb. Burrell is accompanied on this stellar set of original and standard compositions by Tommy Flanagan on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, bebop icon Kenny Clarke on drums along with the percussion sensation from Cuba, Candido. This legendary session launched the career of one of the giants of modern jazz guitar.

Kenny Burrell has appeared on so many essential jazz K recordings that jazz history and his biography seem irretrievably intertwined. He has recorded 97 albums under his own name and several hundred with other artists including Duke Ellington, Herbie Hancock, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Tony Bennett, Billy Holiday, Sonny Rollins, Jimmy Smith, Art Blakey, Nat King Cole, Ray Charles, and Louis Armstrong. On Unlimited 1 Burrell is captured live at the West-Coast jazz mecca, Catalina's, with a well-oiled big band, The Los Angeles Jazz Orchestra Unlimited, which is made up of some of the West Coast's greatest jazz men and studio players. Burrell leads the group, solos and sings through a set list of original tunes, standards and, of course, what would a Kenny Burrell record be without some some Duke Ellington?

Few can claim the title of living legend. Kenny Burrell is just such a person. In fact he's more he's living history, past, present and future. His credentials are voluminous and accomplishments staggering, and he hasn't stopped. Today, he is active recording and performing, a respected educator, and an elder statesman of the music. His legacy is pervasive. His soulful sound and approach have influenced virtually everyone claiming a jazz pedigree but extends to many outside the genre, a la Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Wonder, Steve Howe, Andy Summers, and Freddie King. Here Burrell is backed by some of his favorite West Cost colleagues in a varied program of standards and few originals by the leader himself, including one brand new composition. Also on hand is the exuberant voice of Barbara Morrison who brings her tremendous talent and personality to three tracks.

Kenny Burrell has appeared on so many essential Jazz recordings that Jazz history and his biography seem irretrievably intertwined. Billie Holiday's valedictory rumination Lady Sings the Blues, Jimmy Smith's epochal funk throwdown Back at the Chicken Shack, Tony Bennett's Carnegie Hall debut - Kenny Burrell played guitar for them all. Even Jimi Hendrix once remarked, "Kenny Burrell - that's the sound I'm looking for." Here is Burrell captured live at the West Coast Jazz mecca, Catalina's, in an easy-going program of some of his most-requested tunes along with a few of his personal favorites thrown in. Jazz tunes by Benny Golson, Freddie Hubbard, the Duke and others, standards and even Kenny's classic original 'Chitlins Con Carne' are here, all given the ever-tasteful Burrell treatment.

Spend some quiet, stolen moments with jazz guitar legend Kenny Burrell, and two of his intimate, classic Concord Jazz recordings, Tin Tin Deo (featuring Reggie Johnson and Carl Burnette) and Moon and Sand (John Heard, Roy McCurdy and Kenneth Nash). with each repeated listening, new facets of Burrell's subtle, expressive artistry are revealed, making each of your stolen moments with these Kenny Burrell gems, treasured moments, indeed.

This release is part of a new series of Blue Note jazz masterpieces newly re-mastered using 24-bit technology by the original, legendary recording engineer, Rudy Van Gelder. Alfred Lion considered this his favorite production! Without piano, Burrell, Stanley Turrentine and company get a clean, open sound and a deep groove on such classic compositions as the title tune and "Chitlins Con Carne" (now a blues band staple). Includes 2 bonus tracks and extra photos!

Kenny Burrell freely draws upon the blues and expands upon the guitar work of T-Bone Walker, Oscar Moore and the legendary Django Reinhardt. This collection showcases the guitarist at the pinnacle of his career; the first 10 tracks are from his 1966 album the Tender Gender, a straight ahead session with his working group at the time. The remainder (except for the track "My Favorite Things," taken from a Chess Christmas album), are from a 1967 album, Ode to 52nd St., including the set's title track.