- Midnight Blue (Kenny Burrell album)
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Midnight Blue 
Studio album by Kenny Burrell Released 1963 Recorded January 8, 1963
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood CliffsGenre Jazz, Jazz blues, Hardbop Length 35:39 original LP
45:18 CD reissueLabel Blue Note
BST 84123Producer Michael Cuscuna, Alfred Lion, Tom Vasatka Kenny Burrell chronology Out of This World
(1962)Midnight Blue
(1963)Lotsa Bossa Nova
(1963)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
[1]Midnight Blue is a 1963[2][3][4] album by Jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell featuring Stanley Turrentine on tenor saxophone, Major Holley on double bass, Bill English on drums and Ray Barretto on conga, and is one of Burrell's best-known works for Blue Note.[5] Jazz Improv Magazine lists the album among its top five recommended recordings for Burrell, indicating that "[i]f you need to know 'the Blue Note sound', here it is".[6] In 2005, NPR included the album in its "Basic Jazz Library", describing it as "one of the great jazzy blues records".[7] The album has been re-issued by Blue Note and the French label Classics.
Contents
Track listing
Except where otherwise noted, all songs composed by Kenny Burrell.
- "Chitlins con Carne" – 5:30
- "Mule" (Burrell, Major Holley, Jr.) – 6:56
- "Soul Lament" – 2:43
- "Midnight Blue" – 4:02
- "Wavy Gravy" – 5:47
- "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Andy Razaf, Don Redman) – 4:25
- "Saturday Night Blues" – 6:16
- "Kenny's Sound" (reissue bonus track) – 4:43
- "K Twist" (reissue bonus track)– 3:36
Personnel
Performance
- Kenny Burrell – guitar
- Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone
- Major Holley – bass
- Billy Gene English – drums
- Ray Barretto – conga
Production
- Eric Bernhardi – graphic design
- Bob Blumenthal – liner notes
- Micaela Boland – design
- Michael Cuscuna – producer, reissue producer
- Leonard Feather – original liner notes
- Gordon Jee – creative director
- Alfred Lion – producer
- Reid Miles – cover design, typography
- Rudy Van Gelder – engineer, remastering
- Tom Vasatka – Producer
- Francis Wolff – photography, cover photo
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Blue Note discography
- ^ Allmusic.com
- ^ AllAboutJazz
- ^ Midnight Blue at Allmusic
- ^ Jazz Legends Kenny Burrell Jazz Improv Magazine website. Accessed November 6, 2007.
- ^ Horwitz, Murray. (April 1, 2005) Kenny Burrell 'Midnight Blue' NPR. Accessed November 6, 2007.
Categories:- Kenny Burrell albums
- Albums produced by Alfred Lion
- Blue Note Records albums
- Albums produced by Michael Cuscuna
- 1963 albums
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