K. B. Blues

1979 studio album by Kenny Burrell

K. B. Blues

Studio album by

Kenny Burrell

Released

1979

Recorded

February 10, 1957

Studio

Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey

Genre

Jazz

Length

36:21

Label

Blue Note (Japan)
GXF 3052

Producer

Alfred Lion

Kenny Burrell chronology

Kenny Burrell
(1957)

K. B. Blues
(1979)

2 Guitars
(1957)

K. B. Blues is an album by guitarist Kenny Burrell recorded in 1957 and originally released on the Japanese Blue Note label in 1979.^[1] The tracks were reissued on CD as part of Introducing Kenny Burrell: The First Blue Note Sessions but incorrectly identified as being recorded in 1956.^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars and reviewer Michael Erlewine says it is "worth searching for".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Kenny Burrell except as indicated

"Nica's Dream" (Horace Silver) - 9:37
"Out for Blood" - 9:06
"K.B. Blues" - 6:24
"D.B. Blues" (Lester Young) - 5:50
"K.B. Blues" [Alternate Take] - 6:16

Personnel

References

^ Prestige Records discography accessed August 1, 2012
^ All About Jazz Kenny Burrell discography Archived 2008-03-31 at the Wayback Machine accessed August 1, 2012
^ ^a ^b Erlewine, M. Allmusic Review, accessed August 1, 2012

Kenny Burrell

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.

Leader
or
co-leader

All Night Long (1956)
Introducing Kenny Burrell (1956)
Kenny Burrell (Blue Note album, 1956)
Swingin' (1956–59)
All Day Long (Prestige All-Stars, 1957)
Earthy (1957)
John Jenkins with Kenny Burrell (with John Jenkins, 1957)
K. B. Blues (1957)
Kenny Burrell (aka Blue Moods, Prestige, 1957)
2 Guitars (with Jimmy Raney, 1957)
Blue Lights (1958)
Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane (1958)
Weaver of Dreams (1960–61)
Bluesin' Around (1961–62)
Bluesy Burrell (with Coleman Hawkins, 1962)
Crash (with Brother Jack McDuff, 1963)
Freedom (1963–64)
Midnight Blue (1963)
Guitar Forms (with Gil Evans, 1964–65)
Soul Call (1964)
Travelin' Light (and Shirley Scott, 1964)
A Generation Ago Today (1966–67)
Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas (1966)
The Tender Gender (1966)
Blues – The Common Ground (1967–68)
Ode to 52nd Street (1967)
Night Song (1968–69)
Asphalt Canyon Suite (1969)
God Bless the Child (1971)
'Round Midnight (1972)
Both Feet on the Ground (1973)
Sky Street (1974)
Stormy Monday (1974)
Up the Street, 'Round the Corner, Down the Block (1974)
Ellington Is Forever (1975)
Ellington Is Forever Volume Two (1975)
Tin Tin Deo (1977)
Handcrafted (1978)
When Lights Are Low (1978)
Moon and Sand (1979)
Heritage (1980)
Listen to the Dawn (1980)
Groovin' High (1981)
Togethering (1985)
Sunup to Sundown (1991)
Lotus Blossom (1995)

Live albums

A Night at the Vanguard (1959)
On View at the Five Spot Cafe (with Art Blakey, 1959)
Prime: Live at the Downtown Room (1976)
Kenny Burrell Live at the Village Vanguard (1978)
Kenny Burrell in New York (1978)
A la Carte (1983)
Ellington a la Carte (1983)
One Night with Blue Note (1985)
Generation (1986)
Pieces of Blue and the Blues (1986)
Guiding Spirit (1989)
Then Along Came Kenny (1993)

With
Johnny
Hodges

Blue Rabbit (and Wild Bill Davis, 1963)
Sandy's Gone (1963)
Mess of Blues (and Wild Bill Davis, 1964)
Blue Notes (1966)
Stride Right (and Earl Hines, 1966)

With
Milt
Jackson

Bags & Flutes (1957)
Bean Bags (with Coleman Hawkins, 1958)
Soul Meeting (with Ray Charles, 1958)
Vibrations (1960–61)
Much in Common (with Ray Brown, 1964)

With
Jimmy
Smith

House Party (1957–58)
Softly as a Summer Breeze (1958)
Six Views of the Blues (1958)
The Sermon (1958)
Home Cookin' (1958–59)
Back at the Chicken Shack (1960)
Midnight Special (1960)
Any Number Can Win (1963)
Blue Bash! (co-led, 1963)
The Cat (1964)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1964)
Christmas '64 (1964)
Monster (1965)
Organ Grinder Swing (1965)
Got My Mojo Workin' (1965)
Hoochie Coochie Man (1966)

With
Stanley
Turrentine

Jubilee Shout!!! (1962)
Hustlin' (1964)
Joyride (1965)
Always Something There (1968)
The Look of Love (1968)
The Sugar Man (1971)

With
others

Just Wailin' (Herbie Mann, Charlie Rouse and Mal Waldron, 1957)
Little Big Horn (Nat Adderley, 1963)
Funky (Gene Ammons, 1957)
Jammin' in Hi Fi with Gene Ammons (1957)
Bad! Bossa Nova (Gene Ammons, 1962)
My Kinda Swing (Ernestine Anderson, 1960)
Chet (Chet Baker, 1958–59)
Baby Breeze (Chet Baker, 1964)
West Side Story Bossa Nova (Bill Barron, 1963)
Tony Bennett at Carnegie Hall (Tony Bennett, 1962)
Dear Ella (Dee Dee Bridgewater, 1997)
Please Please Please (James Brown and The Famous Flames, 1959)
Try Me! (James Brown and The Famous Flames, 1959)
Motor City Scene (Donald Byrd, 1960)
A New Perspective (Donald Byrd, 1963)
Up with Donald Byrd (Donald Byrd, 1964)
'Round Midnight (Betty Carter, 1962–63)
Whims of Chambers (Paul Chambers, 1956)
Bass on Top (Paul Chambers, 1957)
Sonny Clark Quintets (Sonny Clark, 1958)
Blossom Dearie Sings Comden and Green (Blossom Dearie, 1959)
My Gentleman Friend (Blossomn Dearie, 1959)
'Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia (Kenny Dorham, 1956)
Quintessence (Bill Evans, 1976)
The Individualism of Gil Evans (1964)
Ph.D. (Art Farmer, 1989)
Beyond the Blue Bird (Tommy Flanagan, 1990)
The Cats (Tommy Flanagan, John Coltrane and Idrees Sulieman, 1957)
No 'Count (Frank Foster, 1956)
Yeah!!! (Aretha Franklin, 1965)
Soul '69 (Aretha Franklin, 1968)
Red Garland Revisited! (Red Garland, 1957)
So Long Blues (Red Garland, 1979)
Stepping Out (Red Garland, 1979)
Reflections (Stan Getz, 1963)
Getz Au Go Go (Stan Getz, 1964)
What the World Needs Now: Stan Getz Plays Burt Bacharach and Hal David (Stan Getz, 1968)
Take It from Me (Terry Gibbs, 1964)
Dee Gee Days: The Savoy Sessions (Dizzy Gillespie, 1951)
Cleopatra Feelin' Jazzy (Paul Gonsalves, 1963)
Soul (Coleman Hawkins, 1958)
The Hawk Relaxes (Coleman Hawkins, 1961)
Cool Sax from Hollywood to Broadway (Eddie Harris, 1964)
I Just Dropped by to Say Hello (Johnny Hartman, 1963)
On the Trail (Jimmy Heath, 1964)
Lady Sings the Blues (Billie Holiday, 1956)
Loads of Love (Shirley Horn, 1962)
Stormy Weather (Lena Horne, 1956–57)
Bossa Nova Plus (Willis Jackson, 1962)
The Message (Illinois Jacquet, 1963)
Desert Winds (Illinois Jacquet, 1964)
French Cookin' (Budd Johnson, 1963)
Broadway Express (J.J. Johnson, 1965)
Hollar! (Etta Jones, 1960–62)
Love Shout (Etta Jones, 1962–63)
Etta Jones Sings (Etta Jones, 1965)
Porgy and Bess (Hank Jones, 1958)
Here's Love (Hank Jones, 1963)
Ain't Misbehavin' (Hank Jones, 1978)
The Birth of a Band! (Quincy Jones, 1959)
Quincy Plays for Pussycats (Quincy Jones, 1959–65)
Detroit – New York Junction (Thad Jones, 1956)
After Hours (Thad Jones, 1957)
Piano (Wynton Kelly, 1958)
Comin' in the Back Door (Wynton Kelly, 1963)
It's All Right! (Wynton Kelly, 1964)
Live at the Apollo (B.B. King, 1991)
The Blue Yusef Lateef (1968)
Laws' Cause (Hubert Laws, 1966–68)
Melba Liston and Her 'Bones (1958)
I'm Shooting High (Gildo Mahones, 1963)
The Great Gildo (Gildo Mahones, 1963)
Steppin' Out ("Brother" Jack McDuff, 1961–66)
Screamin' ("Brother" Jack McDuff, 1962)
Somethin' Slick! ("Brother" Jack McDuff, 1963)
The Jazz Version of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" (Gary McFarland, 1961)
Soft Samba (Gary McFarland, 1964)
The In Sound (Gary McFarland, 1965)
The Big Band (Jimmy McGriff, 1966)
A Little Juicy (Billy Mitchell, 1963)
Fusion! Wes Montgomery with Strings (1963)
Sweet Harmony (Maria Muldaur, 1976)
Bossa Nova Carnival (Dave Pike, 1962)
Interplay for 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors (The Prestige All-Stars, 1957)
Soul Samba (Ike Quebec, 1962)
Midnight Oil (Jerome Richardson, 1958)
Down to Earth (Freddie Roach, 1962)
Mo' Greens Please (Freddie Roach, 1963)
Alfie (Sonny Rollins, 1966)
Bossa Nova Bacchanal (Charlie Rouse, 1962–65)
Stable Mates (A.K. Salim, 1957)
Once a Thief and Other Themes (Lalo Schifrin, 1965)
Sylvia Is! (Sylvia Syms, 1965)
Out of the Storm (Ed Thigpen, 1966)
Soul Sauce (Cal Tjader, 1964)
Warm Wave (Cal Jjader, 1964)
What a Diff'rence a Day Makes! (Dinah Washington, 1959)
Trombone Four-in-Hand (Dicky Wells, 1959)
North, South, East....Wess (Frank Wess, 1956)
Uhuru Afrika (Randy Weston, 1960)
Soul Surfin' (Kai Winding, 1963)
Rainy Day (Kai Winding, 1964–65)
More Brass (Kai Winding, 1966)
Baby, Baby, Baby (Jimmy Witherspoon, 1963)
Blue Spoon (Jimmy Witherspoon, 1964)
Suddenly the Blues (Leo Wright, 1962)
Soul Talk (Leo Wright, 1963)

v t e Hank Mobley
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release, except for the compilation section
As leader or co-leader	Newark 1953 (1953 [2012]) Hank Mobley Quartet (1955) The Jazz Message of Hank Mobley (1956) Mobley's Message (Prestige, 1956) Mobley's 2nd Message (Prestige, 1956) Jazz Message No. 2 (Savoy, 1956) Hank Mobley Sextet (1956) Hank Mobley and His All Stars (1957) Hank Mobley Quintet (1957) Hank (1957) Hank Mobley (1957) Curtain Call (1957) Poppin' (1957) Peckin' Time (1958) Monday Night at Birdland (1958) Another Monday Night at Birdland (1959) Soul Station (1960) Roll Call (1960) Workout (1961) Another Workout (1961) No Room for Squares (1963) Straight No Filter (1963–65) The Turnaround! (1964) Dippin' (1965) A Caddy for Daddy (1965) A Slice of the Top (1966) Far Away Lands (1967) Third Season (1967) Hi Voltage (1967) Reach Out! (1968) The Flip (1969) Thinking of Home (1970) Breakthrough! (1972)
With others	At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1 (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1955) At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2 (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1955) The Jazz Messengers (Art Blakey, 1956) Originally (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1956 [1982]) At the Jazz Corner of the World (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1959) All Night Long (Kenny Burrell, 1956) K.B. Blues (1957 [1979]) Byrd's Eye View (Donald Byrd, 1955) Byrd in Flight (Donald Byrd, 1960) A New Perspective (1963) Mustang! (Donald Byrd, 1966) Blackjack (Donald Byrd, 1967) Dial "S" for Sonny (Sonny Clark, 1957) My Conception (Sonny Clark, 1957) Someday My Prince Will Come (Miles Davis, 1961) In Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, Complete (Miles Davis, 1961) Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall (1961) Afro-Cuban (Kenny Dorham, 1955) Whistle Stop (Kenny Dorham, 1961) This Is New (Kenny Drew, 1957) Undercurrent (Kenny Drew, 1960) Farmer's Market (Art Farmer, 1956) The Opener (Curtis Fuller, 1957) Sliding Easy (Curtis Fuller, 1959) Afro (Dizzy Gillespie, 1954) Dizzy and Strings (Dizzy Gillespie, 1954) Jazz Recital (Dizzy Gillespie, 1954–55) I Want to Hold Your Hand (Grant Green, 1965) A Blowin' Session (Johnny Griffin, 1957) My Point of View (Herbie Hancock, 1963) Informal Jazz (Elmo Hope, 1956) Goin' Up (Freddie Hubbard, 1960) Blue Spirits (Freddie Hubbard, 1965) The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2 (1955) Together! (Elvin Jones and Philly Joe Jones, 1961) Midnight Walk (Elvin Jones, 1966) I Wanna Talk About You (Tete Montoliu, 1980) Introducing Lee Morgan (1956) Lee Morgan Sextet (1956) Cornbread (Lee Morgan, 1965) Charisma (1966) The Rajah (1966) Tenor Conclave (Prestige All Stars, 1957) Star Bright (Dizzy Reece, 1959) The Cool Voice of Rita Reys (1956) Good Move! (Freddie Roach 1963) The Max Roach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley (1953) Max Roach + 4 (1956) The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker (1957) MAX (Max Roach, 1958) Yasmina, a Black Woman (Archie Shepp, 1969) Poem for Malcolm (Archie Shepp, 1969) Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers (1954–55) Silver's Blue (Horace Silver, 1956) 6 Pieces of Silver (Horace Silver, 1956–58) The Stylings of Silver (Horace Silver, 1957) A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One (1957) A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume Two (1957) Julius Watkins Sextet (1955)
Compilations	The Complete Blue Note Hank Mobley Fifties Sessions (1998) The Feelin's Good (2013)
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