Multimedia Review

Kenny Burrell-Lucky So and So. Edward Kennedy Ellington, George T. Simon, and Bobby Troup. The Feeling Of Jazz. Walter Gross and Jack Lawrence. Tenderly. Kenny Burrell. Bluescape. Edward Kennedy Ellington. My Ship. Edward Kennedy Ellington. Squeeze Me. Edward Kennedy Ellington. In a Sentimental Mood. Onaje Allan Gumbs and Clinton E. Norton. Too Soon. Jimmy Dorsey and Paul M. Mertz. I'm Glad There Is You. Kenny Burrell. Bass Face. David Mack and Edward Kennedy Ellington. Lucky So and So. Kenny Burrell, guitar and vocals; Onaje Allan Gumbs, keyboards; Rufus Reid, bass; Akira Tana, drums. Liner notes by Jim Ferguson. 2001. Concord Jazz CCD-4951¬2.

Even before Wynton Marsalis, whom everyone knows by now is a life-long Duke Ellington devotee—Kenny Burrell was one of the most outspoken musicians who rarely missed a chance to sing Ellington's praises. One can easily track his musical tributes to Duke, gradually increasing in number over the last several decades. While on the Blue Note label, c. 1958-59, Burrell recorded few Ellington titles, and recorded even fewer on his earlier Prestige recordings.