Guitar Forms

by Kenny Burrell

Overview

Though the jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell is associated mostly with Blue Note-based hard bop and soul-jazz (he had a hit with the funky "Chile con Carne"), he is also a musician of considerable artistry. Witness his landmark 1965 collaboration with Gil Evans, Guitar Forms, which rivals anything the arranger did with Miles Davis. Indeed, the track "Lotus Land" has a bolero form very reminiscent of Sketches of Spain. There is no stinting on the blues here, either, as evidenced on "Downstairs" and "Terrace Theme." But the highlights are the bossa nova version of Alec Wilder's "Moon and Sand," as well as a characteristically slow and luxurious treatment of Harold Arlen's "Last Night When We Were Young." Throughout, Burrell takes thoughtful, concise, and utterly musical solos, and even switches to acoustic classical guitar on "Prelude #2" and "Loie." ~ Richard Mortifoglio

Product Details

Release Date:	05/10/2024
Label:	Verve
UPC:	0602465049749
Rank:	26541

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Kenny Burrell   Primary Artist,Guitar (Electric),Guitar
Gil Evans   Guest Artist,Conductor
Willie Rodriguez   Guest Artist,Congas
Ron Carter   Guest Artist,Bass
Grady Tate   Guest Artist,Drums
Andy Fitzgerald   Guest Artist,Flute,Horn (English)
Joe Benjamin   Guest Artist,Bass
Lee Konitz   Guest Artist,Sax (Alto)
Roger Kellaway   Guest Artist,Piano
Charlie Persip   Drums
Julius Watkins   French Horn
Richie Kamuca   Oboe,Sax (Tenor)
Roy McCurdy   Drums
Raymond Beckenstein   Flute,Sax (Alto),Clarinet (Bass)
Bill Barber   Tuba
Bob Tricarico   Flute,Bassoon,Sax (Tenor)
Kenneth Nash   Percussion
Elvin Jones   Drums
Johnny Coles   Trumpet
John Heard   Bass (Vocal)
Jimmy Knepper   Trombone
Jimmy Cleveland   Trombone
Ray Alonge   French Horn
George Marge   Flute,Horn (English)
Louis Mucci   Trumpet
Ray Beckenstein   Flute,Clarinet (Bass)
Steve Lacy   Sax (Soprano)
Billy Barber   Tuba

Technical Credits

Creed Taylor   Producer
Ben Young   Reissue Research,Restoration
E.Y. "Yip" Harburg   Composer
Benjamin Levin   Composer
Robert Silverberg   Reissue Production Assistance
Chuck Stewart   Reissue Photography
Aric Lach Morrison   Reissue Producer
Rudolph Legname   Photography
Patricia Lie   Reissue Art
Michael L. Bowens   Reissue Supervisor
Hat Nguyen   Reissue Design
Nichell Delvaille   Reissue Design Coordinator
Acy Lehman   Artwork
Mortimer Palitz   Composer
Kenny Burrell   Composer
Frank Dorritie   Producer
Joe Benjamin   Composer
Fred Norman   Arranger
Elvin Jones   Composer
George Gershwin   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Harold Arlen   Composer
Richard Seidel   Executive Producer
Val Valentin   Director of Engineering
Rudy Van Gelder   Engineer
Morty Palitz   Composer
Gil Evans   Arranger,Recording Arranger
Alec Wilder   Composer
Cyril Scott   Composer
William Engvick   Composer
Art Lange   Liner Notes
Gary N. Mayo   Reissue Mastering