Kenneth Earl Burrell, mais conhecido como Kenny Burrell (Detroit, 31 de julho de 1931) é um guitarrista de jazz norte-americano.
Carreira Burrell fez a sua primeira gravação em 1951, com Dizzy Gillespie. Após se mudar para Nova Iorque em 1956, gravou com uma série de grandes nomes do jazz, tais como John Coltrane, Paul Chambers, Benny Goodman, Gil Evans, Stan Getz, Billie Holiday, Milt Jackson, Quincy Jones, Oscar Peterson, Sonny Rollins, Jimmy Smith, Stanley Turrentine, e Cedar Walton. A partir de 1951 começou a liderar seu grupo próprio.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
Discografia
Como líder
Introducing Kenny Burrell (Blue Note, 1956) Kenny Burrell (Blue Note, 1957) – rec. 1956 All Night Long (Prestige, 1957) – rec. 1956 All Day Long (Prestige, 1957) Earthy (Prestige, 1957) Kenny Burrell (Prestige, 1957) 2 Guitars com Jimmy Raney (Prestige, 1957) Blue Lights Vol. 1 (Blue Note, 1958) On View at the Five Spot Cafe com Art Blakey (Blue Note, 1960) A Night at the Vanguard (Argo, 1960) Weaver of Dreams (Columbia, 1961) Blue Lights Vol. 2 (Blue Note, 1961) Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane (New Jazz, 1962) Blue Bash! com Jimmy Smith (Verve, 1963) Bluesy Burrell (Moodsville, 1963) Lotsa Bossa Nova! (Kapp, 1963) Midnight Blue (Blue Note, 1963) Crash! (Prestige, 1964) Soul Call (Prestige, 1964) Guitar Soul com Bill Jennings & Tiny Grimes (Status, 1965) Guitar Forms (Verve, 1965) The Tender Gender (Cadet, 1966) Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas (Cadet, 1966) Man at Work (Cadet, 1966) – reissue of A Night at the Vanguard Ode to 52nd Street (Cadet, 1967) A Generation Ago Today (Verve, 1967) Blues – The Common Ground (Verve, 1968) Night Song (Verve, 1968) Asphalt Canyon Suite (Verve, 1969) Kenny Clarke Meets the Detroit Jazzmen (BYG, 1970) Guitar Genius in Japan com Attila Zoller, Jim Hall (Overseas, 1970) God Bless the Child (CTI, 1971) Cool Cookin (Cadet, 1972) 'Round Midnight (Fantasy, 1972) Both Feet on the Ground (Fantasy, 1973) Up the Street, 'Round the Corner, Down the Block (Fantasy, 1974) Ellington Is Forever (Fantasy, 1975) Sky Street (Fantasy, 1976) Ellington Is Forever Volume Two (Fantasy, 1977) Tin Tin Deo (Concord Jazz, 1977) Monday Stroll (Savoy, 1978) Handcrafted (Muse, 1978) Stormy Monday (Fantasy, 1978) When Lights Are Low (Concord Jazz, 1979) Freedom (Blue Note, 1979) – rec. 1963–64 K. B. Blues (Blue Note, 1979) – rec. 1957 Swingin' (Blue Note, 1980) – rec. 1956–59 Live at the Village Vanguard (Muse, 1980) Moon and Sand (Concord Jazz, 1980) Heritage (AudioSource, 1980) Kenny Burrell in New York (Muse, 1981) Listen to the Dawn (Muse, 1983) Bluesin' Around (Columbia, 1983) Groovin' High (Muse, 1984) A la Carte (Muse, 1985) Togethering com Grover Washington Jr. (Blue Note, 1985) Generation (Blue Note, 1987) Pieces of Blue and the Blues (Blue Note, 1988) Guiding Spirit (Contemporary, 1990) Sunup to Sundown (Contemporary, 1991) Ellington a la Carte (Muse, 1993) – ao vivo Midnight at the Village Vanguard (Bellaphon, 1994) No Problem com Ray Bryant (EmArcy, 1994) Lotus Blossom (Concord Jazz, 1995) Then Along Came Kenny (Evidence, 1996) Live at the Blue Note (Concord Jazz, 1996) Laid Back (32 Jazz, 1998) Love Is the Answer (Concord, 1998) Stormy Monday Blues (Fantasy, 2001) Lucky So and So (Concord Jazz, 2001) Blue Muse (Concord, 2003) 75th Birthday Bash Live! (Blue Note, 2007) – rec. 2006 Prime: Live at the Downtown Room (HighNote, 2009) – rec. 2006 Be Yourself (HighNote, 2010) Tenderly (HighNote, 2011) Special Requests and Other Favorites: Live at Catalina's (HighNote, 2013) – rec. 2012 The Road to Love (HighNote, 2015) Unlimited 1: Live at Catalina's (HighNote, 2016) – rec. 2015–16
Como sideman com Gene Ammons
Funky (Prestige, 1957) Jammin' in Hi Fi with Gene Ammons (Prestige, 1957) Bad! Bossa Nova (Prestige, 1962)
com Chet Baker
Chet (Riverside, 1959) – rec. 1958–59 Baby Breeze (Limelight, 1965)
com Aaron Bell
Music from 77 Sunset Strip (Lion, 1959) Richard Rodgers' Victory at Sea in Jazz (Lion, 1959)
com Andy and the Bey Sisters
Andy and the Bey Sisters (RCA Victor, 1961) Round Midnight (Prestige, 1965)
com James Brown
Please Please Please (King, 1958) – rec. 1956–58 Try Me! (King, 1959)
com Ray Brown
Much in Common com Milt Jackson (Verve, 1964) Some of My Best Friends Are...Guitarists (Telarc, 2002)
com Donald Byrd
1960: Motor City Scene (Bethlehem, 1960) 1963: A New Perspective (Blue Note, 1964) 1964: Up with Donald Byrd (Verve, 1965)
com Paul Chambers
Bass on Top (Blue Note, 1957) Whims of Chambers (Blue Note, 1957) – rec. 1956
com Chris Connor
Chris in Person (Atlantic, 1959) Sings Ballads of the Sad Cafe (Atlantic, 1959)
com Blossom Dearie
My Gentleman Friend (Verve, 1959) Blossom Dearie Sings Comden and Green (Verve, 1959)
com Tommy Flanagan
The Cats (New Jazz, 1959) – rec. 1957 Beyond the Blue Bird (Timeless, 1991)
com Frank Foster
No 'Count (Savoy, 1956) All Day Long (Metronome, 1958)
com Aretha Franklin
Yeah!!! (Columbia, 1965) Soul '69 (Atlantic, 1969) – rec. 1968
com Red Garland
1957: Red Garland Revisited! (Prestige, 1969) 1979: Stepping Out (Galaxy, 1981) 1979: So Long Blues (Galaxy, 1984)
com Stan Getz
1963: Reflections (Verve, 1964) 1964: Getz Au Go Go (Verve, 1964) – ao vivo 1966: What the World Needs Now: Stan Getz Plays Burt Bacharach and Hal David (Verve, 1968)
com Coleman Hawkins
Soul (Prestige, 1958) The Hawk Relaxes (Moodsville/Prestige, 1961)
com Milt Jackson
1957: Bags & Flutes (Atlantic, 1957) 1958: Bean Bags com Coleman Hawkins (Atlantic, 1959) 1961: Vibrations (Atlantic, 1964)
com Illinois Jacquet
Illinois Jacquet (Epic, 1963) The Message (Argo, 1963) Desert Winds (Argo, 1964)
com Thad Jones
Detroit – New York Junction (Blue Note, 1956) After Hours (Prestige, 1957)
com Johnny Hodges
Sandy's Gone (Verve, 1964) – rec. 1965 Mess of Blues com Wild Bill Davis (Verve, 1964) Blue Rabbit (Verve, 1964) Stride Right com Earl Hines (Verve, 1966) Blue Notes (Verve, 1966)
com Shirley Horn
Loads of Love (Mercury, 1963) – rec. 1962 Travelin' Light (ABC-Paramount, 1965)
com Etta Jones
1960–62: Hollar! (Prestige, 1963) 1962–63: Love Shout (Prestige, 1963) 1965: Etta Jones Sings (Roulette, 1966)
com Hank Jones
1958: Porgy and Bess (Capitol, 1959) 1963: Here's Love (Argo, 1963) 1978: Ain't Misbehavin' (Galaxy, 1979)
com Quincy Jones
The Birth of a Band! (Mercury, 1959) Plays Hip Hits (Mercury, 1963)
com Wynton Kelly
Wynton Kelly (Riverside, 1958) Comin' in the Back Door (Verve, 1963) It's All Right! (Verve, 1964) Whisper Not (Jazzland, 1965)
com Jack McDuff
Screamin' (Prestige, 1963) Somethin' Slick! (Prestige, 1963) Steppin' Out (Prestige, 1969) Plays for Beautiful People (Prestige, 1969)
com Gary McFarland
The Jazz Version of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" (Verve, 1962) Soft Samba (Verve, 1964) The In Sound (Verve, 1966)
com Dave Pike
Bossa Nova Carnival (New Jazz, 1962) Times Out of Mind (Muse, 1976)
com Freddie Roach
Down to Earth (Blue Note, 1962) Mo' Greens Please (Blue Note, 1963)
com Jimmy Smith
House Party (Blue Note, 1958) The Sermon! (Blue Note, 1959) Home Cookin' (Blue Note, 1961) Midnight Special (Blue Note, 1961) Back at the Chicken Shack (Blue Note, 1963) Any Number Can Win (Verve, 1963) Softly as a Summer Breeze (Blue Note, 1965) 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) Hoochie Coochie Man (Verve, 1966) Confirmation (Blue Note, 1979) Second Coming (Mojo, 1981) Keep On Comin (Elektra/Musician, 1983) Go for Whatcha Know (Blue Note, 1986) Fourmost (Milestone, 1991) – ao vivo rec. 1990 Standards (Blue Note, 1998) – rec. 1957–59 Six Views of the Blues (Blue Note, 1999) – rec. 1958 Fourmost Return (Milestone, 2001) – ao vivo rec. 1990
com Sylvia Syms
The Fabulous Sylvia Syms (20th Century Fox, 1964) Sylvia Is! (Prestige, 1965)
com Cal Tjader
Warm Wave (Verve, 1964) Soul Sauce (Verve, 1965) – rec. 1964
com Stanley Turrentine
Hustlin' (Blue Note, 1965) – rec. 1964 Joyride (Blue Note, 1965) The Look of Love (Blue Note, 1968) Always Something There (Blue Note, 1968) The Sugar Man (CTI, 1975) – rec. 1971 Jubilee Shout!!! (Blue Note, 1986) – rec. 1962
com Frank Wess
North, South, East....Wess (Savoy 1956) Opus in Swing (Savoy, 1956) Jazz for Playboys (Savoy, 1957) – rec. 1956–57
com Ernie Wilkins
The Big New Band of the 60's (Everest, 1960) Screaming Mothers (Mainstream, 1974)[2LP]
com Joe Williams
Me and the Blues (RCA Victor, 1964) That Holiday Feelin' (Verve, 1990)
com Kai Winding
Soul Surfin' (Verve, 1963) Rainy Day (Verve, 1965) – rec. 1964–65 More Brass (Verve, 1966)
com Jimmy Witherspoon
Goin' to Kansas City Blues (RCA Victor, 1958) – rec. 1957 Baby, Baby, Baby (Prestige, 1963) Blue Spoon (Prestige, 1964)
com Leo Wright
Suddenly the Blues (Atlantic, 1962) Soul Talk (Vortex, 1970) – rec. 1963
Outros
Nat Adderley, Little Big Horn (Riverside, 1963) Mose Allison, Ever Since the World Ended (Blue Note, 1987) Ernestine Anderson, My Kinda Swing (Mercury, 1961) – rec. 1960 Louis Armstrong, Louis Armstrong and His Friends (Flying Dutchman, 1971) – rec. 1970 Ray Barretto, Portraits in Jazz and Clave (RCA Victor, 1999) Bill Barron, West Side Story Bossa Nova (Dauntless, 1963) Tony Bennett, Tony Bennett at Carnegie Hall (Columbia, 1962) – ao vivo Betty Blake, Sings in a Tender Mood (Bethlehem, 1961) Eubie Blake, Vol. 2 The Marches I Played On the Old Ragtime Piano (20th Century, 1978) Dee Dee Bridgewater, Dear Ella (Verve, 1997) Ronnell Bright, Bright's Spot (Regent, 1957) Charles Brown, Ballads My Way (Mainstream, 1965) Milt Buckner, Mighty High (Argo, 1960) Vinnie Burke, Vinnie Burke's String Jazz Quartet (ABC-Paramount, 1957) Gary Burton & Sonny Rollins & Clark Terry, 3 in Jazz (RCA Victor, 1963) Betty Carter, 'Round Midnight (Atco, 1963) – rec. 1962–63 Kenny Clarke, Jazzmen Detroit (Savoy, 1994) – rec. 1956 Buck Clayton, Buckin' the Blues (Vanguard, 1957) Ray Charles & Milt Jackson, Soul Meeting (Atlantic, 1961) Jackie Davis, Most Happy Hammond (Capitol, 1958) Kenny Dorham, 'Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia (Blue Note, 1956) Jean DuShon, Feeling Good (Cadet, 1965) Duke Ellington, Music Is My Mistress (Musicmasters, 1989) Bill Evans, Quintessence (Fantasy, 1977) Gil Evans, The Individualism of Gil Evans (Verve, 1964) Art Farmer, PhD (Contemporary, 1989) Terry Gibbs, Take It from Me (Impulse!, 1964) Astrud Gilberto, Brazilian Mood (Metro, 1977) Dizzy Gillespie, School Days (Regent, 1957) Paul Gonsalves, Cleopatra Feelin' Jazzy (Impulse!, 1963) Babs Gonzales, Tales of Manhattan (Jaro, 1959) Stephane Grappelli, So Easy to Remember (Omega, 1993) Lionel Hampton, The Many Sides of Hamp (Glad, 1961) Roland Hanna, Destry Rides Again (Atco, 1959) Eddie Harris, Cool Sax from Hollywood to Broadway (Columbia, 1965) Gene Harris, World Tour 1990 (Concord Jazz, 1991) Nancy Harrow, Wild Women Don't Have the Blues (Candid, 1961) Johnny Hartman, I Just Dropped by to Say Hello (Impulse!, 1964) Jimmy Heath, On the Trail (Riverside, 1964) David Hess, Climbing Up the Sunshine Path (Diggler, 2005) Jay Hoggard, The Fountain (Muse, 1992) Billie Holiday, Lady Sings the Blues (Clef, 1956) Kenyon Hopkins, The Yellow Canary (Verve, 1963) Lena Horne, Stormy Weather (RCA Victor, 1957) John Jenkins, John Jenkins with Kenny Burrell (Blue Note, 1957) Budd Johnson, French Cookin' (Argo, 1963) J. J. Johnson, Broadway Express (RCA Victor, 1966) – rec. 1965 Salena Jones, Salena Sings Jobim with the Jobims (Vine Gate Music, 1997)