God Bless the Child (Kenny Burrell album)

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God Bless the Child
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Studio album by
Released1971
RecordedApril 28 and May 11 & 25, 1971
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Jazz
Length49:52
Label CTI
CTI 6011
Producer Creed Taylor
Kenny Burrell chronology
Asphalt Canyon Suite
(1969)
God Bless the Child
(1971)
'Round Midnight
(1972)

God Bless the Child is an album by American jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell featuring performances recorded in 1971 and released on the CTI label. [1]

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review states "This is Burrell at his level best as a player to be sure, but also as a composer and as a bandleader. Magnificent". [2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Track listing

All compositions by Kenny Burrell except where noted

  1. "Be Yourself" - 5:56
  2. "Love Is the Answer" - 4:54
  3. "Do What You Gotta Do" - 9:35
  4. "A Child Is Born" (Thad Jones) - 8:37
  5. "God Bless the Child" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.) - 8:55
  6. "Ballad of the Sad Young Men" (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) - 2:19
  7. "Lost in the Stars" (Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson) - 2:27
  8. "A Child Is Born" [alternate take] (Jones) - 7:09
  • Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on April 28 (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 8), May 11 (tracks 4 & 7) and May 25 (tracks 2 & 6), 1971

Tracks 6-8 are bonus tracks on CD issues, not on the original LP.

Personnel

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References

  1. CTI Records discography accessed February 20, 2012
  2. 1 2 Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed February 16, 2012
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 202. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.