Bluesin' Around
1983 studio album by Kenny Burrell
Bluesin' Around Kenny Burrell , recorded in 1961 and 1962 and first released on the Columbia label in 1983.[ 1]
Reception
AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars, stating that "the results, even with a few dated numbers such as 'Mambo Twist', are excellent".[ 2]
Track listing
All compositions by Kenny Burrell except as indicated
"Mambo Twist" - 5:06
"The Switch" - 3:04
"The Squeeze" - 4:17
"Bluesin' Around" - 3:42
"Bye and Bye" (Traditional) - 2:50
"Moten Swing " (Bennie Moten ) - 6:20
"People Will Say We're in Love " (Oscar Hammerstein II , Richard Rodgers ) - 3:41
"One Mint Julep " (Rudy Toombs ) - 3:25
"Mood Indigo " (Barney Bigard , Duke Ellington , Irving Mills ) - 4:40 Recorded in New York City on November 21, 1961 (tracks 1 & 2), November 29, 1961 (tracks 3, 5 & 9), March 6, 1962 (track 4) and April 30, 1962 (tracks 6-8)
Personnel
References
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
Leader
All Night Long Introducing Kenny Burrell Kenny Burrell Swingin' All Day Long Earthy John Jenkins with Kenny Burrell John Jenkins , 1957)K. B. Blues Kenny Burrell Blue Moods , Prestige, 1957)2 Guitars Jimmy Raney , 1957)Blue Lights Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane Weaver of Dreams Bluesin' Around Bluesy Burrell Coleman Hawkins , 1962)Crash Brother Jack McDuff , 1963)Freedom Midnight Blue Guitar Forms Gil Evans , 1964–65)Soul Call Travelin' Light Shirley Scott , 1964)A Generation Ago Today Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas The Tender Gender Blues – The Common Ground Ode to 52nd Street Night Song Asphalt Canyon Suite God Bless the Child 'Round Midnight Both Feet on the Ground Sky Street Stormy Monday Up the Street, 'Round the Corner, Down the Block Ellington Is Forever Ellington Is Forever Volume Two Tin Tin Deo Handcrafted When Lights Are Low Moon and Sand Heritage Listen to the Dawn Groovin' High Togethering Sunup to Sundown Lotus Blossom Live albums WithJohnny WithMilt WithJimmy WithStanley With
Just Wailin' Herbie Mann , Charlie Rouse and Mal Waldron , 1957)Little Big Horn Nat Adderley , 1963)Funky Gene Ammons , 1957)Jammin' in Hi Fi with Gene Ammons Bad! Bossa Nova My Kinda Swing Ernestine Anderson , 1960)Chet Chet Baker , 1958–59)Baby Breeze West Side Story Bossa Nova Bill Barron , 1963)Tony Bennett at Carnegie Hall Tony Bennett , 1962)Dear Ella Dee Dee Bridgewater , 1997)Please Please Please James Brown and The Famous Flames , 1959)Try Me! Motor City Scene Donald Byrd , 1960)A New Perspective Up with Donald Byrd 'Round Midnight Betty Carter , 1962–63)Whims of Chambers Paul Chambers , 1956)Bass on Top Sonny Clark Quintets Sonny Clark , 1958)Blossom Dearie Sings Comden and Green Blossom Dearie , 1959)My Gentleman Friend 'Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia Kenny Dorham , 1956)Quintessence Bill Evans , 1976)The Individualism of Gil Evans Ph.D. Art Farmer , 1989)Beyond the Blue Bird The Cats John Coltrane and Idrees Sulieman , 1957)No 'Count Frank Foster , 1956)Yeah!!! Aretha Franklin , 1965)Soul '69 Red Garland Revisited! Red Garland , 1957)So Long Blues Stepping Out Reflections Stan Getz , 1963)Getz Au Go Go Stan Getz , 1964)What the World Needs Now: Stan Getz Plays Burt Bacharach and Hal David Take It from Me Terry Gibbs , 1964)Dee Gee Days: The Savoy Sessions Dizzy Gillespie , 1951)Cleopatra Feelin' Jazzy Paul Gonsalves , 1963)Soul Coleman Hawkins , 1958)The Hawk Relaxes Cool Sax from Hollywood to Broadway Eddie Harris , 1964)I Just Dropped by to Say Hello On the Trail Jimmy Heath , 1964)Lady Sings the Blues Billie Holiday , 1956)Loads of Love Shirley Horn , 1962)Stormy Weather Lena Horne , 1956–57)Bossa Nova Plus Willis Jackson , 1962)The Message Illinois Jacquet , 1963)Desert Winds French Cookin' Budd Johnson , 1963)Broadway Express J.J. Johnson , 1965)Hollar! Etta Jones , 1960–62)Love Shout Etta Jones Sings Porgy and Bess Hank Jones , 1958)Here's Love Ain't Misbehavin' The Birth of a Band! Quincy Jones , 1959)Quincy Plays for Pussycats Detroit – New York Junction Thad Jones , 1956)After Hours Piano Wynton Kelly , 1958)Comin' in the Back Door It's All Right! Live at the Apollo B.B. King , 1991)The Blue Yusef Lateef Laws' Cause Hubert Laws , 1966–68)Melba Liston and Her 'Bones I'm Shooting High Gildo Mahones , 1963)The Great Gildo Steppin' Out "Brother" Jack McDuff , 1961–66)Screamin' Somethin' Slick! The Jazz Version of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" Gary McFarland , 1961)Soft Samba The In Sound The Big Band Jimmy McGriff , 1966)A Little Juicy Billy Mitchell , 1963)Fusion! Wes Montgomery with Strings Sweet Harmony Maria Muldaur , 1976)Bossa Nova Carnival Dave Pike , 1962)Interplay for 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors Soul Samba Ike Quebec , 1962)Midnight Oil Jerome Richardson , 1958)Down to Earth Freddie Roach , 1962)Mo' Greens Please Alfie Sonny Rollins , 1966)Bossa Nova Bacchanal Charlie Rouse , 1962–65)Stable Mates A.K. Salim , 1957)Once a Thief and Other Themes Lalo Schifrin , 1965)Sylvia Is! Sylvia Syms , 1965)Out of the Storm Ed Thigpen , 1966)Soul Sauce Cal Tjader , 1964)Warm Wave What a Diff'rence a Day Makes! Dinah Washington , 1959)Trombone Four-in-Hand Dicky Wells , 1959)North, South, East....Wess Frank Wess , 1956)Uhuru Afrika Randy Weston , 1960)Soul Surfin' Kai Winding , 1963)Rainy Day More Brass Baby, Baby, Baby Jimmy Witherspoon , 1963)Blue Spoon Suddenly the Blues Leo Wright , 1962)Soul Talk
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
Albums
Urbanity Bluebird Quartet-Quintet The Trio Wendell Marshall , Kenny Clarke , 1955)Hank Jones' Quartet Have You Met Hank Jones Gigi Keepin' Up with the Joneses Elvin and Thad Jones , 1958)Porgy and Bess The Talented Touch Here's Love This Is Ragtime Now! Happenings Oliver Nelson , 1966)Hanky Panky Arigato Jones-Brown-Smith Satin Doll: Dedicated to Duke Ellington Bop Redux Have You Met This Jones? I Remember You Just for Fun Tiptoe Tapdance Ain't Misbehavin' Carnaval Ron Carter , Sadao Watanabe , Tony Williams , 1978)Compassion Groovin' High More Delights Tommy Flanagan , 1978)Our Delights Bluesette I'm All Smiles Duo Red Mitchell , 1987)The Spirit of 176 George Shearing , 1988)The Oracle Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Sixteen Steal Away Charlie Haden , 1994)Kids: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola Joe Lovano , 2006)Come Sunday The Great WithBob WithAl WithColeman WithJohnny WithMilt WithJ.J. WithOliver WithSonny With
The Cool Sound of Pepper Adams Pepper Adams , 1957)Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus Conjuration: Fat Tuesday's Session Somethin' Else Cannonball Adderley , 1958)The Soul of the City Manny Albam , 1966)Bad! Bossa Nova Gene Ammons , 1962)Big Bad Jug Got My Own Baker's Holiday Chet Baker , 1965)Drummer's Holiday Louie Bellson , 1956–58)Encore Eddie Bert , 1955)Montage Musician of the Year Late Date with Ruth Brown Ruth Brown , 1959)Ruth Brown '65 Bluesin' Around Kenny Burrell , 1961–62)Night Song For the Good Times Rusty Bryant , 1973)Byrd's Word Donald Byrd , 1955)New Formulas from the Jazz Lab Gigi Gryce and Donald Byrd, 1957)Jazz Lab 1 + 3 Bass on Top Paul Chambers , 1957)Kenny Clarke & Ernie Wilkins Introducing Jimmy Cleveland and His All Stars Rhythm Crazy Jimmy Cleveland , 1959)Earl Coleman Returns Last Night When We Were Young Art Farmer , 1957)Portrait of Art Farmer The Aztec Suite Merry Olde Soul Victor Feldman , 1960–61)Rhythm Is My Business Ella Fitzgerald , 1962)New Trombone Curtis Fuller , 1957)Cabin in the Sky A Portrait of Duke Ellington Dizzy Gillespie , 1960)The Bop Session Ca'Purange Dexter Gordon , 1972)Tangerine Soul Groove Matthew Gee , 1963)Gigi Gryce You Better Know It!!! Lionel Hampton , 1964)I Just Dropped by to Say Hello Johnny Hartman , 1963)The Voice That Is! Flute-In Bobbi Humphrey , 1971)Groovin' with Jacquet Illinois Jacquet , 1951)French Cookin' Budd Johnson , 1963)Elvin! Elvin Jones , 1961–62)And Then Again Dear John C. The Deadly Affair Quincy Jones , 1966)Hello, Hank Jones Clifford Jordan , 1978)SteveIreneo! Irene Kral , 1959)The Drum Battle Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich , 1952)I'm All For You Joe Lovano , 2003)Joyous Encounter Classic! Live at Newport Salute to the Flute Herbie Mann , 1957)2-3-4 Shelly Manne , 1962)Star Highs Warne Marsh , 1982)Eddie Costa, Mat Mathews & Don Elliott at Newport The Jazz Version of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" Gary McFarland , 1961)Helen Merrill with Strings SO Much Guitar! Wes Montgomery , 1961)Great Day James Mody , 1963)Salute to Satch Joe Newman , 1956)The Midgets Hangin' Out Joe Wilder , 1984)All the Sad Young Men Anita O'Day , 1962)New York Album Art Pepper , 1979)So in Love Here's That Raney Day Together Again: For the First Time Buddy Rich and Mel Tormé , 1978)Midnight Oil Jerome Richardson , 1958)The Chase Is On Charlie Rouse and Paul Quinichette , 1957)Flute Suite A.K. Salim , 1957)The Jazz We Heard Last Summer Sahib Shihab , 1957)Jazz Sahib Johnny Smith Johnny Smith , 1967)The Incredible Ira Sullivan Lucky Thompson Plays Jerome Kern and No More Warm Wave Cal Tjader , 1964)Breathe Easy See You at the Fair Ben Webster , 1964)Flutes & Reeds Ernie Wilkins and Frank Wess , 1955)Top Brass Wilder 'n' Wilder Joe Wilder , 1956)The Pretty Sound But Beautiful Nancy Wilson , 1969)The Swingin' States Kai Winding , 1958)Dance to the City Beat More Brass Laughin' to Keep from Cryin' Lester Young , 1958)
