Artist: Kenny Burrell & The Jazz Heritage All-Stars
Album: Live at the Blue Note
Genre: Bop, Post-Bop
Label: Concord Jazz
Released: 1996
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- Tones for Joan's Bones (Corea) - 9:00
- The Entertainer (Joplin) - 6:14
- Medley: Embraceable You (Gershwin-Gershwin)/Quasi Modo (Parker) - 7:11
- Dear Ella (Burrell) - 7:11
- Birk's Works (Gillespie) - 8:59
- I've Got a Crush on You (Gershwin-Gershwin) - 5:08
- Take the "A" Train (Strayhorn) - 9:41
- All Blues (Davis) - 4:55
- Groove Merchant (Richardson) - 6:03
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Always one of the most tasteful of musicians, guitarist Kenny Burrell is in fine form on this set from 1996. He is joined by a rhythm section led by pianist Sir Roland Hanna, trumpeter Jimmy Owens (who is in excellent form), either Steve Turre or Benny Powell on trombone and the underrated tenor-saxophonist and flutist Jerome Richardson. Burrell sings a heartfelt "Dear Ella" (his voice is just average) and there is a vocal apiece by Jeannie Bryson (a sensuous "I've Got A Crush On You") and Vanessa Rubin ("All Blues"). Other highlights of this relaxed bop set include Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer," Richardson's "Groove Merchant" and a medley of "Embraceable You" and Charlie Parker's "Quasimodo."
Review by Scott Yanow