Kenny Burrell Live at the Village Vanguard

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Kenny Burrell Live at the Village Vanguard
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Live album by
Released1980
RecordedDecember 15, 1978
Venue Village Vanguard, NYC
Genre Jazz
Label Muse
MR 5216
Producer Helen Keane
Kenny Burrell chronology
When Lights Are Low
(1978)
Kenny Burrell Live at the Village Vanguard
(1980)
Kenny Burrell in New York
(1978)

Kenny Burrell Live at the Village Vanguard is a live album by guitarist Kenny Burrell recorded at the Village Vanguard in late 1978 and released on the Muse label. [1] [2] [3] The album was rereleased on CD along with Kenny Burrell in New York as 12-15-78.

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Reception

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The Allmusic review called it a "among the finest Burrell recorded in the '70s". [4]

Track listing

  1. "Second Balcony Jump" (Billy Eckstine, Gerald Valentine) – 5:51
  2. "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) – 6:50
  3. "Work Song" (Nat Adderley) – 4:25
  4. "Woody 'n' You" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 7:31
  5. The Introduction by Kenny Burrell of Max Gordon, Village Vanguard – 1:05
  6. "In the Still of the Night" (Cole Porter) – 9:09
  7. "Medley: Don't You Know I Care?/Love You Madly" (Duke Ellington) – 6:38
  8. "It's Getting Dark" (Kenny Burrell) – 5:30

Personnel

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References

  1. Muse LP series discography: 5200 to 5249 accessed April 13, 2017
  2. Muse Records discography accessed April 13, 2017
  3. Kenny Burrell catalog accessed April 13, 2017
  4. 1 2 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. 12-15-78 – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved April 13, 2017.