Kenny Burrell - Blue Lights, Volume 1 (1958) [2009]

Some of Kenny Burrell's best early work ! The album catches Kenny in the perfect Blue Note jam session mode of the late 50s — one used also with Jimmy Smith, and which features a number of the label's star players hitting hard with the main soloist. Players on the two volume set include Duke Jordan or Bobby Timmons piano, Junior Cook and Tina Brooks tenor, Louis Smith trumpet, and Art Blakey on Drums. The cuts have a very open-ended blowing session feel, and Kenny comes through surprisingly well, really picking up steam on a way you don't always hear in more restrained recordings.


Tracks:

01 - Yes Baby
02 - Scotch Blues
03 - Autunm in New York
04 - Caravan

Personnel:

Louis Smith - trumpet
Junior Cook, Tina Brooks - tenor saxes
Kenny Burrell - guitar
Duke Jordan, Bobby Timmons - piano
Sam Jones - bass
Art Blakey - drums