Still going through checking out Kenny Burrell's many records and have come across "Weaver of Dreams" which features Burrell on vocals along with guitar and was produced by John Hammond on Columbia.
KB has a nice singing voice on the record and as far as I can tell, this is pretty much the only record where he sings. I'm guessing he might have done some in his night club shows at some point I would figure, but was surprised to never see it mentioned before.
― earlnash, Monday, 27 September 2021 19:28 (two years ago) link
Guitar Forms with the sublime Gil Evans production seems like a very slept on KB album, as usual you can chuck Greensleeves in the bin, but there is some lovely stuff on here.
― calzino, Monday, 27 September 2021 21:01 (two years ago) link
Especially Lotus Land
― calzino, Monday, 27 September 2021 21:02 (two years ago) link
Pretty much anything by Gil Evans is worth hearing. I've given that one a couple listens but there was not a track that caught me like some of Evans other stuff. It sounded good.
Another more 'symphonic' soundtrack record that I checked out last week by Kenny Burrell that is in that same style is "Asphalt Canyon Suite" from 1969. That one definitely has the studio/incidental/soundtrack sound of the era down pat. Johnny Pate did the orchestration on this one. I liked this one quite a bit.
Burrell also did a couple more LPs in that style with Don Sebesky- 'Blues- The Common Ground' for Verve and 'God Bless the Child' for CTI.
I liked them all and intend to listen to them again.
― earlnash, Tuesday, 28 September 2021 00:31 (two years ago) link
i love guitar forms and god bless the child is definitely worthwhile but. . . i always thought blues was kind of boring. but i also think that's because i've —more often than not— never really liked don sebesky. a couple good songs, but mostly just not that interesting.
i'm gonna check out weaver of dreams. don't know it at all and it sounds quite unique!
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Tuesday, 28 September 2021 15:44 (two years ago) link
This track is groovy. Makes me feel like I am a private dick on a tail, ducking back and forth keeping an eye on my mark.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjEGemtENmo
I love that end of the 60s/early 70s thing style with strings on top of a contemporary band...don't matter whether it is Charlie Rich, Dirty Harry sound track or something like BB King or Bobby Blue Bland.
― earlnash, Tuesday, 28 September 2021 18:01 (two years ago) link