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Kenny Burrell Kenny Burrell mp3, flac, wma DOWNLOAD LINKS (Clickable) Genre: Jazz Album: Kenny Burrell Country: Japan Released: 1984 Style: Hard Bop, Bop MP3 version RAR size: 1147 mb FLAC version RAR size: 1619 mb WMA version RAR size: 1362 mb Rating: 4.6 Votes: 924 Other Formats: AIFF MP2 MPC RA VOC RA MIDI Tracklist Hide Credits Get Happy A1 Written-By – Arlen*, Koehler* But Not For Me A2 Written-By – Gershwin* Mexico City A3 Written-By – Kenny Dorham Moten Swing A4 Written-By – Bennie Moten, Buster Moten Cheeta B1 Written-By – Kenny Burrell Now See How You Are B2 Written-By – Pettiford*, Harris* Phinupi B3 Written-By – Kenny Burrell How About You B4 Written-By – Lane*, Freed* Credits Bass – Oscar Pettiford (tracks: A4, B1, B2, B3, B4), Paul Chambers (tracks: A1), Sam Jones (tracks: A3) Design [Cover Artwork] – Andy Warhol Design [Cover] – Reid Miles Drums – Arthur Edgehill (tracks: A3), Kenny Clarke (tracks: A1), Shadow Wilson (tracks: A4, B1, B2, B3, B4) Liner Notes – Leonard Feather Percussion – Candido (tracks: A1) Piano – Bobby Timmons (tracks: A3), Tommy Flanagan Producer – Alfred Lion Recorded By [Recording By], Mastered By [Mastering By] – Rudy Van Gelder Tenor Saxophone – Frank Foster (tracks: B2, B3, B4), J.R. Monterose (tracks: A3) Trumpet – Kenny Dorham (tracks: A3) Notes Recorded on March 12, 1956 (tracks A4 to B4), on May 29, 1956 (track A1) and on May 30, 1956 (tracks A2, A3). Japanese TOSHIBA EMI pressing. Other versions Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year Kenny Burrell (LP, Album, BLP 1543 Kenny Burrell Blue Note BLP 1543 US 1956 Mono) Kenny Burrell (CD, Album, TOCJ-1543 Kenny Burrell Blue Note TOCJ-1543 Japan 1996 Mono, RE, RM) Kenny Burrell (LP, Album, BLP 1543 Kenny Burrell Blue Note BLP 1543 US Unknown Mono, RE, Mic) Kenny Burrell (LP, Album, LNJ-70129 Kenny Burrell Blue Note LNJ-70129 Japan 1976 Mono) Kenny Burrell (LP, Album, BLP 1543 Kenny Burrell Blue Note BLP 1543 US Unknown Mono) Related Music albums to Kenny Burrell by Kenny Burrell Kenny Burrell With Coleman Hawkins - Bluesey Burrell Kenny Burrell - Sky Street Kenny Burrell - Blue Lights Volumes 1&2 Kenny Burrell - Blue Lights, Volume 2 Kenny Burrell - Introducing Kenny Burrell Kenny Burrell - Blue Lights, Vol. 2 Kenny Burrell - Blue Lights, Volume 1 Kenny Burrell with Art Blakey - At The Five Spot Cafe Kenny Burrell Featuring Pepper Adams, Tommy Flanagan, Paul Chambers , Kenny Clarke - Jazzmen From Detroit Kenny Burrell Featuring Pepper Adams, Tommy Flanagan, Paul Chambers , Kenny Clarke - Jazzmen Detroit.

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