Part One: Melody
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Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell has been a very consistent
guitarist throughout his career. Cool-toned and playing in an unchanging
style based in bop, Burrell has always been the epitome of good taste
and solid swing. Duke Ellington's favorite guitarist (though he never
actually recorded with him), Burrell started playing guitar when he was
12, and he debuted on records with Dizzy Gillespie in 1951. Part of the
fertile Detroit jazz scene of the early '50s, Burrell moved to New York
in 1956. Highly in demand from the start, Burrell appeared on a countless
number of records as a leader and as a sideman.
Among his more notable associations were dates with Stan Getz, Billie
Holiday, Milt Jackson, John Coltrane, Gil Evans, Sonny Rollins, Quincy
Jones, Stanley Turrentine, and Jimmy Smith. Starting in the early '70s,
Burrell began leading seminars and teaching, often focusing on Duke Ellington's
music. He toured with the Phillip Morris Superband during 1985-1986, and
led three-guitar quintets, but generally Kenny Burrell plays at the head
of a trio/quartet.
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