Kenny Burrell Trio (1990)

**Lionelsax** · 11-09-2024, 06:21 AM

**Cunamara** · 11-09-2024, 11:55 AM

KB is underrepresented in my record collection. I should rectify that. He is always an elegant, tasteful player. I always think of him as having the classic archtop jazz guitar tone, so when he uses an flattop he sounds great but I am momentarily startled. Looks like he has flatwounds on it.

**Oscar67** · 11-09-2024, 01:03 PM

Thanks for sharing! He’s my favourite. Doesn’t play too many notes, song comes first, always melodic, incredible tone.

**Lionelsax** · 11-09-2024, 01:44 PM

And he's still alive !

**digger** · 11-09-2024, 01:47 PM

One of my favourites, too. Only last night was listening to the Village Vanguard album. Just wonderful!

**Stringswinger** · 11-09-2024, 02:17 PM

The older I get, the more I dig KB (he is my third favorite jazz guitarist behind WM and JP). Kenny doesn't play a lot of note, but he plays the right ones, always peppered with a good dose of the blues.

Thank you Mr. Burrell for the music!

**jameslovestal** · 11-09-2024, 05:36 PM

Originally Posted by Stringswinger

The older I get, the more I dig KB (he is my third favorite jazz guitarist behind WM and JP). Kenny doesn't play a lot of note, but he plays the right ones, always peppered with a good dose of the blues.

Thank you Mr. Burrell for the music!

Would you say Joe Pass does play a lot of notes, but he plays the right ones?

**Stringswinger** · 11-10-2024, 12:07 AM

Originally Posted by jameslovestal

Would you say Joe Pass does play a lot of notes, but he plays the right ones?

Indeed I would!

And Joe played the right chords too.

**Mick-7** · 11-10-2024, 02:13 AM

When I was much younger I suffered under the bizarre delusion that Kenny had just ordinary chops, nothing special. Then one night I saw him with his trio in a small club in North Beach, San Francisco in... around 1976, I think. There were not more than a dozen people in the club that night (a week night), including the waitresses and me.

I was permanently cured of that mistaken belief that night, it was abundantly clear that he had no difficulty executing whatever musical idea occurred to him, his playing was phenomenal.

**Stringswinger** · 11-10-2024, 03:10 AM

Originally Posted by Mick-7

When I was much younger I suffered under the bizarre delusion that Kenny had just ordinary chops, nothing special. Then one night I saw him with his trio in a small club in North Beach, San Francisco in... around 1976, I think. There were not more than a dozen people in the club that night (a week night), including the waitresses and me.

I was permanently cured of that mistaken belief that night, it was abundantly clear that he had no difficulty executing whatever musical idea occurred to him, his playing was phenomenal.

I imagine that club was the Keystone Corner. I saw Tal Farlow at that club in 1976 with Red Norvo.

**Mick-7** · 11-10-2024, 04:45 AM

Originally Posted by Stringswinger

I imagine that club was the Keystone Corner. I saw Tal Farlow at that club in 1976 with Red Norvo.

Nah, it wasn't the KK (it was spelled Keystone Korner as in Keystone Kops because there was a police station across the street from it.

)

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Keystone-Kops

It was just some small dive in North Beach, not sure why Kenny was playing there, maybe he was in town for another gig so added it.

I did see quite a few artists at Keystone though: Pat Martino, Jim Hall, et. al. It was a great club.

**jameslovestal** · 11-10-2024, 12:41 PM

Originally Posted by Stringswinger

I imagine that club was the Keystone Corner. I saw Tal Farlow at that club in 1976 with Red Norvo.

I saw Tal Farlow with Red Norvo (and Monty Budwick on bass), that same year at Donte's in North Hollowood. It was great seeing them play many of the songs they released in the 50s.

**wintermoon** · 11-10-2024, 12:59 PM

I guess there's been no update since the controversial gofundme a few years ago.
I contributed, hope he really needed it.

**Stringswinger** · 11-10-2024, 01:41 PM

Originally Posted by wintermoon

I guess there's been no update since the controversial gofundme a few years ago.
I contributed, hope he really needed it.

A friend who knows KB personally, told me that was legit, so I too contributed.

**Mick-7** · 11-10-2024, 02:49 PM

Originally Posted by Mick-7

It was just some small dive in North Beach, not sure why Kenny was playing there, maybe he was in town for another gig so added it.

Now I'm wondering where the heck I was that night, so many jazz music venues went out of business in the 70's.

When Bebop Filled the Night - FoundSF

**Lionelsax** · 11-10-2024, 02:56 PM

Originally Posted by Mick-7

Now I'm wondering where the heck I was that night, so many jazz music venues went out of business in the 70's.

When Bebop Filled the Night - FoundSF

Maybe you were dancing at the 2001 Odyssey !

**Mick-7** · 11-10-2024, 03:30 PM

Originally Posted by Lionelsax

Maybe you were dancing at the 2001 Odyssey!

Memory gaps can be really annoying, it's interesting how that works, seems there has to be a mnemonic landmark for recall to occur. For example, the main reason I remember seeing Pat Martino at Keystone Korner is because I remember what a gentlemen he was. I spoke to him when he was sitting at the bar before the show, he was kind enough to answer a few of my rudimentary guitar questions. And the main thing I recall about Kenny's show is not what tunes he played but how the waitress kept bugging me to buy drinks, not sure I was 21 at the time and had to drive home so we're talking $1 for a soda (remember it was 1976, that's like $8 now). But I realized later that tips were how she made a living so I should have been more generous.