Midnight Blue (Kenny Burrell album)
1963 studio album by Kenny Burrell
Midnight Blue [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell featuring Stanley Turrentine on tenor saxophone , Major Holley on double bass , Bill English on drums and Ray Barretto on conga , and is one of Burrell's best-known works for Blue Note .[ 8] Jazz Improv [ 9] NPR included the album in its "Basic Jazz Library", describing it as "one of the great jazzy blues records".[ 10]
The cover artwork of Elvis Costello 's 1981 country album Almost Blue Midnight Blue .[ 11] Bum Notes [ 12]
Track listing
Except where otherwise noted, all songs composed by Kenny Burrell.
"Chitlins con Carne " – 5:30
"Mule" (Kenny Burrell, Major Holley Jr. ) – 6:56
"Soul Lament" – 2:43
"Midnight Blue" – 4:02
"Wavy Gravy" – 5:47
"Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You " (Andy Razaf , Don Redman ) – 4:25
"Saturday Night Blues" – 6:16
"Kenny's Sound" – 4:43 (Bonus track on CD reissue)
"K Twist" – 3:36 (Bonus track on CD reissue)
Personnel
Production
References
^ Billboard May 11, 1963^ Allmusic review ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music Oxford University Press . ISBN 978-0195313734 ^ Cook, Richard ; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Penguin . p. 201. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0 ^ Blue Note discography ^ Allmusic.com ^ AllAboutJazz Archived 2008-03-31 at the Wayback Machine ^ Midnight Blue at AllMusic ^ Jazz Legends Kenny Burrell Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine Jazz Improv ^ Horwitz, Murray. (April 1, 2005) Kenny Burrell 'Midnight Blue' NPR . Accessed November 6, 2007.
^ Clayton-Lea, Tony (1999). Elvis Costello: A Biography Andre Deutsch Ltd . p. 83. ISBN 978-0-233-99339-3 ^ Three Bonzos And A Piano 'Bum Notes' TBAAP . Accessed February 29, 2024.
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), including the soundtrack albums, not first release.
As leader AndShirley Scott WithMax Roach With others
Freedom Kenny Burrell , 1963–64)Midnight Blue I'm Tryin' to Get Home Donald Byrd , 1964)Up with Donald Byrd With the Tenors of Our Time Roy Hargrove , 1994)Life Flight Flight to Jordan Duke Jordan , 1960)Only Trust Your Heart Diana Krall , 1994)Abbey Is Blue Abbey Lincoln , 1959)Les McCann Ltd. in New York Les McCann , 1961)Electric Funk Jimmy McGriff , 1969)Speakin' My Piece Horace Parlan , 1960)On the Spur of the Moment The Right Touch Duke Pearson , 1967)Easy Living Congo Lament (Ike Quebec , 1962)Comin' On! Dizzy Reece , 1960)Serenade to a Soul Sister Horace Silver , 1968)Back at the Chicken Shack Jimmy Smith , 1960)Midnight Special Prayer Meetin' A.T.'s Delight Art Taylor , 1960)
