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Kenny Burrell - Guitar Forms
Kenny Burrell – guitar [click here to see more vinyl featuring Kenny Burrell]
Ron Carter - double bass [click here to see more vinyl featuring Ron Carter]
Lee Konitz - alto saxophone [click here to see more vinyl featuring Lee Konitz]
Elvin Jones - drums & percussion [click here to see more vinyl featuring Elvin Jones]
Charlie Persip - drums & percussion
Roger Kellaway - piano
Joe Benjamin - double bass
Grady Tate - drums
Willie Rodriguez – conga
Johnny Coles or Louis Mucci - trumpet
Jimmy Cleveland & Jimmy Knepper - trombone
Andy Fitzgerald - flute & English horn
Ray Beckenstein - alto flute, flute & bass clarinet
George Marge - English horn & flute
Richie Kamuca - tenor sax & oboe
Steve Lacy - soprano saxophone
Bob Tricarico - tenor sax, bassoon & flute
Ray Alonge or Julius Watkins - french horn
Bill Barber - tuba
Arranged & conducted by Gil Evans
Written by Elvin Jones (A1), Cyril Scott (A2), Joe Benjamin (A3), George Gershwin (A4), William Engvick (B1), Morty Palitz (B1), Alec Wilder (B1), Kenny Burrell (B2, B5), Harold Arlen (B4), Yip Harburg (B4)
B3 is a traditional song
1 LP, Gatefold jacket by Stoughton Printing Co.
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Quality Record Pressings
Label : Verve Acoustic Sounds Series
Original Label : Verve
Recorded December 4 & 15, 1964 and April 5 & 12, 1965 at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Engineered by Rudy Van Gelder & Val Valentin
Original session produced by Creed Taylor
Reissue produced by Chad Kassem
Mastered by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound
Cover Design by Acy Lehman
Liner Notes by Chad Kassem, Dannis D. Davis, Mark Smotroff, Michael Fremer
Photography by Rudolph Legname
Originally released in 1965
Reissued in July 2024
Tracks :
Side A:
- Downstairs
- Lotus Land
- Terrace Theme
- Prelude #2 excerpt
Side B:
- Moon And Sand
- Loie
- Greensleeves
- Last Night When We Were Young
- Breadwinner
Reviews :
“Though the jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell is associated mostly with Blue Note-based hard bop and soul-jazz (he had a hit with the funky "Chile con Carne"), he is also a musician of considerable artistry. Witness his landmark 1965 collaboration with Gil Evans, Guitar Forms, which rivals anything the arranger did with Miles Davis. Indeed, the track "Lotus Land" has a bolero form very reminiscent of Sketches of Spain. There is no stinting on the blues here, either, as evidenced on "Downstairs" and "Terrace Theme." But the highlights are the bossa nova version of Alec Wilder's "Moon and Sand," as well as a characteristically slow and luxurious treatment of Harold Arlen's "Last Night When We Were Young." Throughout, Burrell takes thoughtful, concise, and utterly musical solos, and even switches to acoustic classical guitar on "Prelude #2" and "Loie."” AllMusic Review by Richard Mortifoglio
Rating:
AllMusic : 4 / 5 ; Discogs : 4.76 / 5