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Kenneth Earl Burrell (born July 31, 1931) is an American jazz guitarist known for his work on numerous top jazz labels: Prestige, Blue Note, Verve, CTI, Muse, and Concord. His collaborations with Jimmy Smith were notable, and produced the 1965 Billboard Top Twenty hit Verve album Organ Grinder Swing. [1]
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Feb 2, 2018 · Kenny Burrell – guitar....Ben Tucker – bass (# 3 4 5)....Oscar Pettiford – bass (# 2)....Sam Jones – bass (# 1)....Art Blakey – drums (# 1 3 4 5).....Shadow ...
One of the leading exponents of straight-ahead jazz guitar, Kenny Burrell is a highly influential artist whose understated and melodic style, grounded in bebop and blues, made him in an in-demand sideman from the mid-’50s onward and a standard by which many jazz guitarists gauge themselves to this day.
Apr 20, 2015 · Kenny Burrell receives the Guitar Player Magazine Certified Legend Award for 2015 at All Star Guitar Night.
Apr 19, 2024 · Guitarist Kenny Burrell directed the UCLA Jazz Studies program from 1996 to 2016. Now 92, Kenny Burrell’s passion for music led him to record more than 90 sessions as a leader and hundreds more as a sideman.
Jun 5, 2024 · Kenny Burrell has joined the parade of major jazz artists entering octogenarianism and performing at a high level. The guitarist is of a generation of Detroit musicians including Tommy Flanagan, Pepper Adams, Elvin Jones, Roland Hanna and Louis Hayes that made a significant impact on jazz.
Kenneth Earl Burrell is an American jazz guitarist known for his work on numerous top jazz labels: Prestige, Blue Note, Verve, CTI, Muse, and Concord. His collaborations with Jimmy Smith...
Kenneth Earl Burrell is an American jazz guitarist known for his work on numerous top jazz labels: Prestige, Blue Note, Verve, CTI, Muse, and Concord. His collaborations with Jimmy Smith...
Jul 11, 2019 · The great Kenny Burrell, a hero to generations of guitarists and one of the few jazz giants still alive, was in serious trouble. Or was he?
