| Lotus Blossom | ||||
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| Released | 1995 | |||
| Recorded | May 1995 | |||
| Label | Concord Jazz [1] | |||
| Producer | John Burk | |||
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Lotus Blossom is an album by the American musician Kenny Burrell, released in 1995. [2] [3] Burrell supported the album by touring with the 1996 "Guitar Summit" package, with Jorma Kaukonen, Stanley Jordan, and Manuel Barrueco. [4]
Recorded in May 1995, the album was produced by John Burk. [5] [6] Burrell used bassist Ray Drummond on the duo tracks, and Drummond and drummer Yoron Israel on the trio tracks; six of the tracks were performed solo. [7] [6] "Satin Doll" and "Warm Valley" are versions of the Duke Ellington compositions. [8] The title track was written by Billy Strayhorn. [9]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [10] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [11] |
| Los Angeles Times |  [7] |
| MusicHound Jazz: The Essential Album Guide | [6] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD | [5] |
The Sun-Sentinel wrote that "Burrell's elegant phrasing exudes warmth and lyricism." [2] The Los Angeles Times stated that "Burrell alternates rich harmonic statements with single string lines filled with arpeggiated phrasing spelling out the underlying chords." [7]
Newsday concluded that, "for Burrell, Ellington's music isn't a hallowed museum, but a palpable, living presence, capable of sustaining intimate, rewarding dialogue." [8] The Omaha World-Herald deemed the album "quiet, subtle music rendered in always creative fashion by a player who should be called Mr. Taste." [12] The Daily Breeze listed Lotus Blossom among the best mainstream jazz albums of 1995. [13]
AllMusic wrote that "although the tunes are superior, none of these versions are definitive and the mellow results rarely rise above the level of background music." [10]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Satin Doll" | |
| 2. | "Warm Valley" | |
| 3. | "There Will Never Be Another You" | |
| 4. | "Lotus Blossom" | |
| 5. | "If You Could See Me Now" | |
| 6. | "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" | |
| 7. | "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance" | |
| 8. | "Minha (All Mine)" | |
| 9. | "For Once In My Life" | |
| 10. | "Couplet: Once Upon a Summertime / When the World Was Young" | |
| 11. | "I'm Falling for You" | |
| 12. | "They Can't Take That Away from Me" | |
| 13. | "Old Folks" |
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