Ellington a la Carte

Ellington a la Carte
Live album by Kenny Burrell
Released	1993
Recorded	August 19–20, 1983
Venue	Village West, NYC
Genre	Jazz
Length	43:39
Label	Muse ; MCD 5435
Producer	Helen Keane
Kenny Burrell chronology

Last updated March 30, 2019

Ellington a la Carte is a live album by guitarist Kenny Burrell recorded in New York in 1983 but not released on the Muse label until 1993.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Kenneth Earl Burrell is an American jazz guitarist known for his work on the Blue Note label. His collaborations with Jimmy Smith produced the 1965 Billboard Top Twenty hit album Organ Grinder Swing. He has cited jazz guitarists Charlie Christian and Django Reinhardt as influences, along with blues guitarists T-Bone Walker and Muddy Waters.

Muse Records was a jazz record company and label founded in New York City by Joe Fields in 1972.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[4]

The Allmusic review said "The playing is excellent and the interplay creative in a subtle way, but nothing out of the ordinary or particularly memorable occurs. However Kenny Burrell fans will enjoy this".^[4]

Track listing

"Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) – 4:20
"Sultry Serenade" (Tyree Glenn) – 6:49
"Flamingo" (Ted Grouya, Edmund Anderson) – 4:27
"In a Mellow Tone" (Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler) – 5:28
"Don't Worry 'Bout Me" (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) – 7:08
"Ellington Medley: Azure/I Ain't Got Nothin' but the Blues/Do Nothing till You Hear from Me/Mood Indigo" (Ellington, Irving Mills/Ellington, Don George/Ellington, Bob Russell/Ellington, Barney Bigard, Mills) – 11:20
"Blues for Duke" (Kenny Burrell) – 4:07

Personnel

Kenny Burrell – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Rufus Reid – bass

An acoustic guitar is a guitar that produces sound acoustically by transmitting the vibration of the strings to the air—as opposed to relying on electronic amplification (see electric guitar). The sound waves from the strings of an acoustic guitar resonate through the guitar's body, creating sound. This typically involves the use of a sound board and a sound box to strengthen the vibrations of the strings. In standard tuning the guitar's six strings are tuned (low to high) E₂ A₂ D₃ G₃ B₃ E₄.

An electric guitar is a guitar that uses one or more pickups to convert the vibration of its strings into electrical signals. The vibration occurs when a guitar player strums, plucks, fingerpicks, slaps or taps the strings. The pickup generally uses electromagnetic induction to create this signal, which being relatively weak is fed into a guitar amplifier before being sent to the speaker(s), which converts it into audible sound.

Rufus Reid is an American jazz bassist, educator, and composer.

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References

↑ Muse LP series discography: 5400 to 5449 accessed April 13, 2017
↑ Muse Records discography accessed April 13, 2017
↑ Kenny Burrell catalog accessed April 13, 2017
1 2 Yanow, Scott. Ellington a La carte – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved April 13, 2017.

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[1] Muse LP series discography: 5400 to 5449 accessed April 13, 2017

[2] Muse Records discography accessed April 13, 2017

[3] Kenny Burrell catalog accessed April 13, 2017

[Allmusic-4] 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Ellington a La carte – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved April 13, 2017.

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Leader or co-leader	All Night Long (1956) Introducing Kenny Burrell (1956) Kenny Burrell (Blue Note album, 1956) Swingin' (1956–59) Earthy (1957) John Jenkins with Kenny Burrell (with John Jenkins, 1957) K. B. Blues (1957) Kenny Burrell (aka Blue Moods, Prestige, 1957) 2 Guitars (with Jimmy Raney, 1957) Blue Lights (1958) Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane (1958) A Night at the Vanguard (aka Man at Work, Argo, 1959) On View at the Five Spot Cafe (with Art Blakey, 1959) Weaver of Dreams (1960–61) Bluesin' Around (1961–62) Bluesy Burrell (with Coleman Hawkins, 1962) Crash (with Brother Jack McDuff, 1963) Freedom (1963–64) Midnight Blue (1963) Guitar Forms (with Gil Evans, 1964–65) Soul Call (1964) Travelin' Light (and Shirley Scott, 1964) A Generation Ago Today (1966–67) Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas (1966) The Tender Gender (1966) Blues – The Common Ground (1967–68) Ode to 52nd Street (1967) Night Song (1968–69) Asphalt Canyon Suite (1969) God Bless the Child (1971) 'Round Midnight (1972) Both Feet on the Ground (1973) Sky Street (1974) Stormy Monday (1974) Up the Street, 'Round the Corner, Down the Block (1974) Ellington Is Forever (1975) Ellington Is Forever Volume Two (1975) Handcrafted (1978) Kenny Burrell Live at the Village Vanguard (Muse, 1978) Kenny Burrell in New York (1978) Listen to the Dawn (1980) Groovin' High (1981) A la Carte (1983) Ellington a la Carte (1983)
Sideman with Johnny Hodges	Blue Rabbit (and Wild Bill Davis, 1963) Sandy's Gone (1963) Mess of Blues (and Wild Bill Davis, 1964) Blue Notes (1966) Stride Right (and Earl Hines, 1966)
With Milt Jackson	Bags & Flutes (1957) Bean Bags (with Coleman Hawkins, 1958) Soul Meeting (with Ray Charles, 1958) Vibrations (1960–61) Much in Common (with Ray Brown, 1964)
With Jimmy Smith	House Party (1957–58) Softly as a Summer Breeze (1958) Six Views of the Blues (1958) The Sermon (1958) Home Cookin' (1958–59) Back at the Chicken Shack (1960) Midnight Special (1960) Any Number Can Win (1963) Blue Bash! (co-led, 1963) The Cat (1964) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1964) Christmas '64 (1964) Monster (1965) Organ Grinder Swing (1965) Got My Mojo Workin' (1965) Hoochie Coochie Man (1966)
With Stanley Turrentine	Jubilee Shout!!! (1962) Hustlin' (1964) Joyride (1965) Always Something There (1968) The Look of Love (1968) The Sugar Man (1971)
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