| A Generation Ago Today | ||||
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| Released | 1967 | |||
| Recorded | December 16 & 20, 1966, January 31, 1967, and March 28, 1967 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Verve V6-8656 | |||
| Producer | Creed Taylor | |||
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A Generation Ago Today is an album by guitarist Kenny Burrell featuring standards associated with the Benny Goodman Sextet and Charlie Christian recorded in 1966 and 1967 and released on the Verve label. [1]
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with its review by Scott Yanow stating "the now-obscure set has been out-of-print for quite awhile[ sic ] but the music is excellent". [2]
This is an re-issue by Verve with three additional tracks from the same recording sessions.
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