KENNY BURRELL "MIDNIGHT BLUE" AP, 2LP, 45RPM, 180G, LE, NE, SO, RVG, NEW/SEALED

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                                                                                        KENNY BURRELL "MIDNIGHT BLUE"
2008 ANALOGUE PRODUCTIONS "THE BLUE NOTE REISSUES", 2LP, 45RPM, 180G VIRGIN VINYL, CATALOG NUMBER AP-84123, #558 OF A SOLD-OUT LIMITED EDITION OF 2,500 COPIES, RECORDING BY RUDY VAN GELDER, MASTERED BY KEVIN GRAY AND STEVE HOFFMAN USING THE ORIGINAL ANALOG BLUE NOTE MASTER TAPES, PRESSED AT RTI, CAMARILLO, CA.
"MIDNIGHT BLUE" IS ONE OF THOSE RECORDS THAT YOU PUT ON, SIT BACK AND RELAX. BURRELL AND A GREAT BAND INCLUDING STANLEY TURRENTINE ON TENOR SAX, BILL ENGLISH ON DRUMS, RAY BARRETTO ON CONGS AND MAJOR HOLLEY, JR. ON BASS LAY DOWN UNFORGETTABLE TUNES. ONE OF THE BEST AND MOST APPRECIATED BLUE NOTE TITLES, PRESENTED HERE WITH STUNNING SOUND QUALITY AT 45RPM MASTERED BY STEVE HOFFMAN AND KEVIN GRAY."
"KENNY BURRELL HAS LED OVER 100 ALBUMS IN HIS LONG CAREER AND IS THE EPITOME OF GOOD TASTE AND MELODIC SWING, NEVER PLAYING A PHRASE THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED OUT-OF-PLACE OR UNWORTHY. HE FIRST RECORDED IN 1951 WITH DIZZY GILLESPIE AND WAS A MAJOR PART OF THE DETROIT JAZZ SCENE BEFORE EMERGING IN NEW YORK IN 1956. BURRELL WAS ONE OF THE VERY FIRST GUITARISTS TO BE SHOWCASED IN A PIANOLESS TRIO, AND WHEN HE WAS SIGNED BY BLUE NOTE, HE BECAME ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL GUITARISTS IN JAZZ. HOWEVER TO HEAR BURRELL AT HIS MOST SOULFUL AND BLUESY, ONE HAS TO FIND RECORDINGS WHERE HE IS TEAMED WITH A PARTICULARLY INSPIRING STYLIST. 1963'S "MIDNIGHT BLUE" IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING RECORDINGS OF KENNY BURRELL'S LONG CAREER. IT WAS A MAGICAL OCCASION THAT TEAMED BURRELL WITH THE PASSIONATE TENOR-SAXOPHONIST STANLEY TURRENTINE IN A PIANOLESS QUINTET THAT ALSO INCLUDES RAY BARRETTO ON CONGAS."
"WITH TURRENTINE (WHO IS IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZABLE WITHIN TWO SOUNDS) INFUSING EACH NOTE WITH AN EXCESS OF SOUL AND BARRETTO GIVING THE BLUES-ORIENTED MUSIC A LATIN TINGE, BURRELL RAISES THE HEAT AND IS HEARD AT HIS MOST EXHILARATING AND EXTROVERTED. HIS SOULFUL PLAYING ON SUCH SONGS AS "CHITTLINS CON CARNE", "SATURDAY NIGHT BLUES" AND "GEE BABY AIN'T I GOOD TO YOU" IS SO GREASY AND EMOTIONAL THAT IT REMINDS ONE THAT BOTH B.B. KING AND DUKE ELLINGTON OFTEN CITED KENNY BURRELL AS THEIR FAVORITE GUITARIST. WHILE KENNY BURRELL HAS RECORDED SCORES OF ALBUMS SINCE THIS TIME, "MIDNIGHT BLUE" CANNOT BE TOPPED AND WILL ALWAYS BE ONE OF THE KEY RECORDINGS THAT HE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR. THIS SUPERBLY RECORDED CLASSIC NEEDS TO BE IN EVERY JAZZ COLLECTION."
"A CLASSIC BLUE NOTE, GUITARIST KENNY BURRELL'S "MIDNIGHT BLUE" (1963) OOZES WITH ALL THAT TITLE SUGGESTS...THE SOUND IS FAMOUSLY GREAT: WIDE OPEN, NATURAL, WARM, AND SIMPLY "THERE". BURRELL'S ELECTRIC GUITAR HAS SUPERB TONE AND ARTICULATION, STANLEY TURRENTINE'S TENOR SAX A CREAMY, BRASSY BITE, MAJOR HOLLEY JR'S BASS A FAT SENSE OF WEIGHT, AND THE DRUMS AND CONGA REALISTIC SNAP AND TEXTURE."--WAYNE GARCIA, THE ABSOLUTE SOUND
                                                                                                 1) CHITTLINS CON CARNE                                                                                                  2) MULE                                                                                                  3) SOUL LAMENT                                                                                                  4) MIDNIGHT BLUE                                                                                                  5) WAVY GRAVY                                                                                                  6) GEE BABY AIN'T I GOOD TO YOU                                                                                                  7) SATURDAY NIGHT BLUES