Introducing Kenny Burrell: The First Blue Note Sessions (Blue Note, 2000) - compiles Introducing Kenny Burrell, Kenny Burrell Volume 2 and K.12-15-78 (32 Jazz, 1999) - compiles Live at the Village Vanguard and In New York.Be Yourself: Live at Dizzy's (Highnote, 2010).75th Birthday Bash Live! (Blue Note, 2007).Love Is the Answer, featuring The Boys Choir of Harlem (Concord Concerto, 1998).Pieces of Blue and the Blues (Blue Note, 1986 ).Togethering (Blue Note, 1985) - with Grover Washington, Jr.Live at the Village Vanguard (Muse, 1978).Ellington Is Forever Volume Two (Fantasy, 1975 ).Up the Street, 'Round the Corner, Down the Block (Fantasy, 1974).Both Feet on the Ground (Fantasy, 1973).Blues - The Common Ground (Verve, 1967-68).A Generation Ago Today (Verve, 1966-67).Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas (Cadet, 1966).Travelin' Light (Prestige, 1964) - with Shirley Scott.Blue Bash! ( Verve, 1963) - with Jimmy Smith.Crash! (Prestige, 1963) - with Jack McDuff.On View at the Five Spot Cafe (Blue Note, 1959).Kenny Burrell and John Coltrane (Prestige, 1958) - with John Coltrane.2 Guitars (Prestige, 1957) - with Jimmy Raney.Kenny Burrell Volume 2 (Blue Note, 1956).Introducing Kenny Burrell ( Blue Note, 1956).Burrell teaches a course entitled "Ellingtonia", examining the life and accomplishments of Duke Ellington. He has recorded about 106 albums, including Midnight Blue (1963), Blue Lights, Guitar Forms, Sunup To Sundown (1990), Soft Winds (1993), Then Along Came Kenny (1993), and Lotus Blossom (1995).Īs of 1996, Burrell has served as Director of Jazz Studies at UCLA, mentoring such notable alumni as Gretchen Parlato and Kalil Wilson. Ī highly popular performer, Burrell has won several jazz polls in Japan and the United Kingdom as well as in the United States. Although the two never collaborated directly, Ellington called Burrell his "favorite guitarist," and Burrell has recorded a number of tributes to and interpretations of Ellington's works. In the 1970s he began leading seminars about music, particularly Duke Ellington's. He has also led his own groups since 1951 and recorded many well-received albums. Ī consummate sideman, Burrell has recorded with a wide range of prominent musicians. He toured with Oscar Peterson after graduating in 1955 and then moved to New York City in 1956. While a student at Wayne State University, he made his debut recording as a member of Dizzy Gillespie's sextet in 1951, following which he recorded the "Ground Round" single at Fortune Records in Detroit. Guitarists who influenced him include Charlie Christian, Django Reinhardt, and Wes Montgomery. Burrell was born in Detroit, Michigan, to a musical family and began playing guitar at the age of 12.
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