Kenny Burrell and Jimmy Raney - Two Guitars (1957)

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Artist: Kenny Burrell and Jimmy Raney
Title Of Album: Two Guitars
Year Of Release: 1957
Label: Prestige/OJC
Genre: Jazz, Hard Bop
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Bitrate: Lossless
Total Time: 49:00
Total Size: 153 MB

Tracklist:

1 Blue Duke (Waldron) 8:50
2 Dead Heat (Waldron) 4:07
3 Pivot (Waldron) 5:13
4 Close Your Eyes (Petkere) 4:50
5 Little Melonae (McLean) 9:29
6 This Way (Watkins) 12:25
7 Out of Nowhere (Green, Heyman) 4:31

Kenny Burrell (guitar) except #7;
Jimmy Raney (guitar) except #4;
Jackie McLean (alto saxophone) except #4 & #7;
Donald Byrd (trumpet) except #4 & #7;
Mal Waldron (piano);
Doug Watkins (bass);
Arthur Taylor (drums).

A rare meeting of two of the most respected and influential men on their chosen instrument is the essence of Two Guitars. Burrell and Raney get to mix their different yet compatible sounds and styles in a setting that blends in the textures of Donald Byrd's trumpet and Jackie McLean's alto sax. As with many of the Prestige sessions from this period, Mal Waldron is represented by his writing as well as his piano playing. In addition, each guitarist has a track accompanied only by the rhythm section: Burrell on "I'll Close My Eyes," and Raney on "Out of Nowhere."