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Kenny Burrell, Midnight Blue

Audio CD

Disk ID: 1677420

Disk length: 35m 36s (7 Tracks)

Original Release Date: 1963

Label: Unknown

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Tracks & Durations

1. Chittlins Con Carne 5:19
2. Mule 6:58
3. Soul Lament 2:44
4. Midnight Blue 4:04
5. Wavy Gravy 5:49
6. Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You 4:26
7. Saturday Night Blues 6:14

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Review

Kenny Burrell's music is a wonderful blend of elegance and conviction, musical inventiveness and thoughtful restraint. On this 1967 session, the guitarist is joined by regular associates--tenorist Stanley Turrentine, conga drummer Ray Barretto, bassist Major Holley, and drummer Bill English--and together they concentrate on the subtlest and deepest hues of the blues, combining strong rhythmic grooves with a feeling of late-night reflection. There's never a misstep or a superfluous note, from the funky Latin hit "Chitlins Con Carne" to Burrell's deeply felt solo "Soul Lament" and the concentrated swing of "Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You." The result is a masterpiece, and the 24-bit remastering by the original engineer, Rudy Van Gelder, adds to the spaciousness and intimacy that have always been hallmarks of the session. --Stuart BroomerAlfred Lion considered this his favorite production and well he should have. Without piano, Burrell, Stanley Turrentine and company get a clean open sound and a deep groove on such now classic compositions as the title tune and "Chitlins Con Carne", which has become a blues band staple.

This RVG Series compact disc also includes extra photographs and 2 bonus tracks.

Other Versions

Albums are mined from the various public resources and can be actually the same but different in the tracks length only. We are keeping all versions now.

Midnight Blue

Tracks: 7, Disk length: 35m 47s (+0m 11s)

Midnight Blue

Tracks: 7, Disk length: 35m 53s (+0m 17s)

Midnight Blue

Tracks: 7, Disk length: 35m 54s (+0m 18s)

Midnight Blue

Tracks: 9 (+2 tracks), Disk length: 43m 59s (+8m 23s)

Midnight Blue

Tracks: 9 (+2 tracks), Disk length: 43m 59s (+8m 23s)

Midnight Blue

Tracks: 9 (+2 tracks), Disk length: 44m 4s (+8m 28s)

Midnight Blue

Tracks: 9 (+2 tracks), Disk length: 44m 6s (+8m 30s)

Midnight Blue

Tracks: 9 (+2 tracks), Disk length: 44m 8s (+8m 32s)

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