Kenny Burrell

Born: 
07/31/1931
City: 
Detroit
Region: 
Michigan
Country: 
USA
Years Active: 
1950-present
Genre(s): 
Blues
Jazz
Instruments: 
Guitar, Vocals
Former Members: 
Jimmy Cobb
Reggie Johnson
Associated Artists: 
Al Aarons
Wayne Andre
Bill Barber
Ray Barretto
Joe Benjamin
Eddie Bert
Tina Brooks
Don Butterfield
Donald Byrd
Candido
Kenny Clarke
Jimmy Cleveland
Billy Cobham
Al Cohn
Johnny Coles
Junior Cook
Jimmy Crawford
Richard Davis
Will Davis
Eric Dixon
Bobby Donaldson
Joe Dukes
George Duvivier
Bill English
Gil Evans
Jon Faddis
Frank Foster
Barry Galbraith
Bernie Glow
Urbie Green
Roland Hanna
Louis Hayes
Roy Haynes
Major Holley
Paul Humphrey
Illinois Jacquet
Osie Johnson
Elvin Jones
Hank Jones
Jimmy Jones
Duke Jordan
Roger Kellaway
Eddie Khan
Jimmy Knepper
Lee Konitz
Teddy Kotick
Steve Lacy
Yusef Lateef
Kirk Lightsey
Eddie Locke
Hal McKusick
Mike Mainieri
Eddie Marshall
Wendell Marshall
Brother Jack McDuff
Jackie McLean
Red Mitchell
Hank Mobley
Airto Moreira
George Mraz
Jack Nimitz
Jimmy Nottingham
Jimmy Owens
Johnny Pacheco
Cecil Payne
Charli Persip
Oscar Peterson
Oscar Pettiford
Harvey Phillips
Seldon Powell
Shirley Scott
Horace Silver
Nina Simone
Jimmie Smith
Louis Smith
Idrees Sulieman
Grady Tate
Art Taylor
Bobby Timmons
Harold Vick
Freddie Waits
Mal Waldron
Grover Washington, Jr.
Julius Watkins
Ernie Watts
Shadow Wilson
Mike Wofford
Leo Wright
Richard Wyands
Played With: 
Tony Bennett
Ray Charles
Recorded With: 
Mose Allison
James Brown
Big Maybelle
Betty Carter
Paul Chambers
Bill Evans
Red Garland
Dizzy Gillespie
Johnny Hartman
Coleman Hawkins
Billie Holiday
Milt Jackson
Willis Jackson
John Jenkins
Thad Jones
Hubert Laws
Ike Quebec
Sonny Rollins
Charlie Rouse
Jimmy Rushing
Sahib Shihab
Jimmy Smith
Ed Thigpen
Stanley Turrentine
Frank Wess
Kai Winding
Jimmy Witherspoon
Image Credit: 
By Tom Marcello Webster, New York, USA - Kenny Burrell #2, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3856518

Discography

Introducing Kenny Burrell
Released: 1956
Whims of Chambers
Released: 1956
Lady Sings the Blues
Released: 1956
Kenny Burrell Volume 2
Released: 1956
Detroit - New York Junction
Released: 1956
The Magnificent Thad Jones
Released: 1956
Funky
Released: 1957
Jammin' in Hi Fi with Gene Ammons
Released: 1957
Stable Mates
Released: 1957
Jazz for Playboys
Released: 1957
All Night Long
Released: 1957
Flute Suite
Released: 1957
Rock House / Jim
Released: 1957
Bass on Top
Released: 1957
All Day Long
Released: 1957
John Jenkins With Kenny Burrell
Released: 1957
Bags & Flutes
Released: 1957
Earthy
Released: 1957
Kenny Burrell
Released: 1957
2 Guitars
Released: 1957
K. B. Blues
Released: 1957
After Hours
Released: 1957
Soul Brothers
Released: 1958
Bean Bags
Released: 1958
Blue Lights Vol. I
Released: 1958
Blue Lights Vol. II
Released: 1958
What a Diff'rence a Day Makes!
Released: 1959
Please Please Please
Released: 1959
The Cats
Released: 1959
The Sermon!
Released: 1959
Porgy & Bess
Released: 1959
On View at the Five Spot Cafe
Released: 1959
A Night at the Vanguard
Released: 1959
Roland Hanna Plays Harold Rome's "Destry Rides Again"
Released: 1959
Uhuru Afrika
Released: 1961
Motor City Scene
Released: 1961
The Hawk Relaxes
Released: 1961
Home Cookin'
Released: 1961
Midnight Special
Released: 1961
Soul Meeting
Released: 1961
Weaver of Dreams
Released: 1961
Bluesy Burrell
Released: 1962
Bad! Bossa Nova
Released: 1962
Suddenly the Blues
Released: 1962
Screamin'
Released: 1962
Tony Bennett at Carnegie Hall
Released: 1962
Bossa Nova Carnival
Released: 1962
Soul Samba
Released: 1962
Down To Earth
Released: 1962
Bossa Nova Plus
Released: 1962
Midnight Blue
Released: 1963
Crash!
Released: 1963
Blue Bash!
Released: 1963
Baby, Baby, Baby
Released: 1963
West Side Story Bossa Nova
Released: 1963
'Round Midnight
Released: 1963
Somethin' Slick!
Released: 1963
Fusion!
Released: 1963
A New Perspective
Released: 1963
Mo' Greens Please
Released: 1963
Bossa Nova Bacchanal
Released: 1963
The Message
Released: 1963
Back at the Chicken Shack
Released: 1963
Here's Love
Released: 1963
Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane
Released: 1963
Any Number Can Win
Released: 1963
!!! More !!! (Theme From Mondo Cane)
Released: 1963
Travelin' Light
Released: 1964
I Just Dropped by to Say Hello
Released: 1964
Soul Call
Released: 1964
Blue Spoon
Released: 1964
I'm Shooting High
Released: 1964
Inside Betty Carter
Released: 1964
The Individualism of Gil Evans
Released: 1964
Take It From Me
Released: 1964
Cool Sax From Hollywood to Broadway
Released: 1964
On the Trail
Released: 1964
Desert Winds
Released: 1964
Vibrations
Released: 1964
The Cat
Released: 1964
Much in Common
Released: 1964
Christmas '64
Released: 1964
Yeah!!!
Released: 1965
Guitar Forms
Released: 1965
Up With Donald Byrd
Released: 1965
Softly as a Summer Breeze
Released: 1965
Monster
Released: 1965
Organ Grinder Swing
Released: 1965
More Brass
Released: 1966
The Tender Gender
Released: 1966
Alfie
Released: 1966
Broadway Express
Released: 1966
Got My Mojo Workin'
Released: 1966
Out of the Storm
Released: 1966
A Generation Ago Today
Released: 1967
Encyclopedia of Jazz
Released: 1967
Always Something There
Released: 1968
Blues – The Common Ground
Released: 1968
What the World Needs Now: Stan Getz Plays Burt Bacharach & Hal David
Released: 1968
The Blue Yusef Lateef
Released: 1968
Red Garland Revisited!
Released: 1969
Soul '69
Released: 1969
Laws' Cause
Released: 1969
Night Song
Released: 1969
Asphalt Canyon Suite
Released: 1969
Soul Talk
Released: 1970
The Sugar Man
Released: 1971
God Bless the Child
Released: 1971
'Round Midnight
Released: 1972
Both Feet on the Ground
Released: 1973
Up the Street, 'Round the Corner, Down the Block
Released: 1974
Ellington Is Forever
Released: 1975
Quintessence
Released: 1976
Sonny Clark Quintets
Released: 1976
Sky Street
Released: 1976
Ellington Is Forever Vol. II
Released: 1977
Stormy Monday
Released: 1978
My Conception
Released: 1979
Ain't Misbehavin'
Released: 1979
Freedom
Released: 1980
Bluesin' Around
Released: 1983
Beyond the Blue Bird
Released: 1991
Live At The Apollo
Released: 1991
Six Views of the Blues
Released: 1999

Concerts

Event Datesort descending Venue City Region Country
Jazz at the Broadway Capitol 01/07/1950 Broadway-Capitol Theater Detroit Michigan USA
Jazz at the Broadway Capitol 01/14/1950 Broadway-Capitol Theater Detroit Michigan USA
Jazz at the Broadway Capitol 01/21/1950 Broadway-Capitol Theater Detroit Michigan USA
Jazz at the Broadway Capitol 01/28/1950 Broadway-Capitol Theater Detroit Michigan USA
Jazz at the Broadway Capitol 02/04/1950 Broadway-Capitol Theater Detroit Michigan USA
Jazz at the Broadway Capitol 02/11/1950 Broadway-Capitol Theater Detroit Michigan USA
Jazz at the Broadway Capitol 02/18/1950 Broadway-Capitol Theater Detroit Michigan USA
Jazz at the Broadway Capitol 05/27/1950 Broadway-Capitol Theater Detroit Michigan USA
Jazz at the Broadway Capitol 06/10/1950 Broadway-Capitol Theater Detroit Michigan USA
All-Jazz Concert 03/16/1952 Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit Michigan USA
Jazznocracy 05/29/1952 Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit Michigan USA
Kenny Burrell 03/13/1953 Shangri-La Detroit Michigan USA
Kenny Burrell 03/14/1953 Shangri-La Detroit Michigan USA
Gerry Mulligan & His All Stars 03/22/1954 Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit Michigan USA
Kenny Burrell Trio 09/21/1954 Garfield Hotel Detroit Michigan USA
Kenny Burrell Trio 09/22/1954 Garfield Hotel Detroit Michigan USA
Kenny Burrell Trio 09/23/1954 Garfield Hotel Detroit Michigan USA
Kenny Burrell Trio 09/24/1954 Garfield Hotel Detroit Michigan USA
Kenny Burrell Trio 09/25/1954 Garfield Hotel Detroit Michigan USA
Kenny Burrell Trio 09/26/1954 Garfield Hotel Detroit Michigan USA
Kenny Burrell Trio 09/28/1954 Garfield Hotel Detroit Michigan USA
Kenny Burrell Trio 09/29/1954 Garfield Hotel Detroit Michigan USA
Kenny Burrell Trio 09/30/1954 Garfield Hotel Detroit Michigan USA
Kenny Burrell Trio 10/01/1954 Garfield Hotel Detroit Michigan USA
Kenny Burrell Trio 10/02/1954 Garfield Hotel Detroit Michigan USA

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