Kenny Burrell – Midnight Blue (1963) [Analogue Productions 2010]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 43:44 minutes | Scans included | 1,77 GB
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Midnight Blue is a 1963 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. Jazz Improv Magazine lists the album among its top five recommended recordings for Burrell, indicating that “f you need to know ‘the Blue Note sound’, here it is”. In 2005, NPR included the album in its “Basic Jazz Library”, describing it as “one of the great jazzy blues records”.
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Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane (1963) [Reissue 2004]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 37:22 minutes | Front/Rear Covers+PDF | 1,52 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Front/Rear Covers+PDF | 899 MB
Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane is an album credited to jazz musicians Kenny Burrell and John Coltrane. Recorded on March 7, 1958, it was originally released on the New Jazz label as NJ 8276 in 1963, then reissued in 1967 on Prestige as PRLP 7532, with a different cover and retitled The Kenny Burrell Quintet With John Coltrane.
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Kenny Burrell – Kenny Burrell (1957/2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 41:12 minutes | 757 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © CM BLUE NOTE (A92)
Kenny Burrell is an album by American jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell recorded in 1956 and released on the Blue Note label. The cover art was commissioned from Andy Warhol. In 2000, it was released on the 2 CD-set Introducing Kenny Burrell: The First Blue Note Sessions along with Introducing Kenny Burrell, plus bonus tracks.
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Kenny Burrell – Midnight Blue (1963/2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 35:38 minutes | 1,55 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks.com | Digital booklet | © Blue Note Records
Recorded: Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, January 8, 1963
Originally released as Blue Note BLP 4123 (mono) and BST 84123 (stereo)
“In preparing these hi def remasters, we were very conscientious about maintaining the feel of the original releases while adding a previously unattainable transparency and depth. It now sounds like you’ve set up your chaise lounge right in the middle of Rudy Van Gelder’s studio!” – Blue Note President, Don Was.
Midnight Blue is Kenny Burrell’s understated masterpiece and one of the finest displays of bluesy-jazz guitar playing. The guitarist whose tone entranced Jimi Hendrix and whose style was emulated by Stevie Ray Vaughan moves deliberately and patiently through this intimate set. Standouts include the smokin’ opener, “Chitlins Con Carne” and the stunning “Soul Lament.” His elegant choice of chords and melodic intensity are powerful and fluid. This star-studded affair also features tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine, double-bassist Major Holley Jr., drummer Bill English and conga-player Ray Barretto. In 2005, NPR included the album in its “Basic Jazz Library,” describing the album as “one of the great jazzy blues records.” (more…)
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Kenny Burrell with Coleman Hawkins – Bluesy Burrell (1963/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 39:32 minutes | 425 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks.com | Digital booklet | © Prestige Records
Recorded: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, September 14, 1962; #8 – August 15, 1963
Remastered: 2008, Rudy Van Gelder at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Kenny Burrell performs with Coleman Hawkins and his rhythm section. Burrell is in optimum form on all the numbers and in their varied expressions. The leading neo-bop guitarist, he is capable of a far reaching range of expression. His chords can be as lush as, say Johnny Smith’s can, but his lines are always rhythmically spirited by a very powerful jazz energy and blues-in-formed charge that I think no contemporary guitarist can equal.
“… (Hawkins) clearly enjoys playing with Burrell, as much as you’ll enjoy playing the record.””
—All About Jazz
Features the BONUS TRACK “I Never Knew.” (more…)
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Kenny Burrell – Midnight Blue (1963) [2012 Remastering]
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 35:38 minutes | 867 MB | Genre: Jazz
Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks.com | Digital Booklet | @ Blue Note Records
Recorded January 8, 1963 in Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Produced by Alfred Lion
Originally released as Blue Note BLP 4123 (mono) and BST 84123 (stereo)
“In preparing these hi def remasters, we were very conscientious about maintaining the feel of the original releases while adding a previously unattainable transparency and depth. It now sounds like you’ve set up your chaise lounge right in the middle of Rudy Van Gelder’s studio!” – Blue Note President, Don Was. (more…)
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