Then Along Came Kenny

1994 live album by Kenny Burrell
Then Along Came Kenny
Live album by
Kenny Burrell
Released1994
RecordedAugust 26 & 27, 1993
VenueVillage Vanguard, NYC
GenreJazz
Length62:59
LabelPaddle Wheel
KICJ 2462
ProducerKenny Burrell, Yuichi Nakao
Kenny Burrell chronology
Sunup to Sundown
(1991) 		Then Along Came Kenny
(1994) 		Midnight at the Village Vanguard
(1994)

Then Along Came Kenny is a live album by guitarist Kenny Burrell recorded at the Village Vanguard in New York in 1993 and first released on the Japanese Paddle Wheel label as From Vanguard With Love before being re-released on Evidence Music in 1996 with the amended title.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
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SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

The Allmusic review by Rick Anderson noted "This disc documents two nights that guitarist Kenny Burrell spent at New York's famous Village Vanguard club, in front of a fine trio ... Everyone plays with wit, assurance and verve, Burrell especially; his tone is warm and rich, and he chooses notes with wisdom and logic. The problem is that his note choices are so logical that you start to wish he'd take a few more chances ... Then there's the production problem -- this album sounds like it was recorded from the room rather than from the mixing board, and as a result, Burrell's guitar is indistinct and slightly buried. Not bad, but Burrell's done better".[2] In JazzTimes, Jim Ferguson wrote "this disc-in addition to demonstrating such lofty aspects as Burrell’s time-honed depth and consistency as an improviser-just plain cooks from start to finish ... A beautiful look at the ’90s edition of one of the instrument’s greatest players".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Kenny Burrell except where noted

  1. Opening Introduction – 0:40
  2. "I Mean You" (Coleman Hawkins, Thelonious Monk) – 7:29
  3. "Maya's Dance" – 8:50
  4. "Yardbird Suite" (Charlie Parker) – 5:46
  5. "Manteca" (Dizzy Gillespie, Chano Pozo, Gil Fuller) – 8:43
  6. "Black and Tan Fantasy" (Duke Ellington, Bubber Miley) – 4:11
  7. "Lament" (J. J. Johnson) – 8:42
  8. "Then Along Came You" – 7:00
  9. "Fungii Mama" (Blue Mitchell) – 7:21
  10. "Good News Blues" – 4:11

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Kenny Burrell catalog accessed January 6, 2019
  2. ^ a b Anderson, Rick. Kenny Burrell: Then Along Came Kenny – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  3. ^ Ferguson, J. Jazztimes Review accessed January 6, 2019
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