Groovin' High (Kenny Burrell album)

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Groovin' High
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Studio album by Kenny Burrell
Released 1984
Recorded July 14 & 15, 1981
Studio Roxy Recording Studios, NYC
Genre Jazz
Label Muse
MR 5281
Producer Helen Keane
Kenny Burrell chronology
Listen to the Dawn
(1980) Listen to the Dawn1980		Groovin' High
(1981)		 Ellington a la Carte
(1983) Ellington a la Carte1983

Groovin' High is an album by guitarist Kenny Burrell recorded in 1981 and released on the Muse label in 1984. [1] [2] [3]

Kenny Burrell American jazz guitarist

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

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

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Track listing

  1. "Groovin' High" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 5:33
  2. "Lament" (J. J. Johnson) – 6:17
  3. "If I Love Again" (Ben Oakland, Jack Murray) – 3:52
  4. "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most" (Tommy Wolf, Fran Landesman) – 3:29
  5. "Secret Love" (Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster) – 6:48
  6. "Peace" (Horace Silver) – 7:08
  7. "Someone to Light Up My Life" (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes, Gene Lees) – 4:54

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Muse LP series discography: 5250 to 5299 accessed April 13, 2017
  2. ↑ Muse Records discography accessed April 13, 2017
  3. ↑ Kenny Burrell catalog accessed April 13, 2017
  4. ↑ Groovin' High – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
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