Generation (Kenny Burrell album)

Generation is a live album by guitarist Kenny Burrell and the Jazz Guitar Band recorded at the Village Vanguard in New York in 1986 and released on the relaunched Blue Note label.[1][2]

Generation
Live album by
Kenny Burrell and the Jazz Guitar Band
Released1987
RecordedOctober 24 & 25 1986
VenueVillage Vanguard, NYC
GenreJazz
Length67:21 CD release with additional tracks
LabelBlue Note
BT 85137
ProducerHelen Keane
Kenny Burrell chronology
Togethering
(1985)
Generation
(1987)
Pieces of Blue and the Blues
(1988)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [3]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow noted "On this set, Kenny Burrell teams up with a couple of younger players in what he calls his "Jazz Guitar Band." The only trouble is that it is next to impossible to tell Burrell apart from Rodney Jones or Bobby Broom; they all sound nearly alike. ... the result is some fine bop-oriented music, but little that is very memorable".[3]

Track listing

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  1. Announcements by Kenny Burrell – 0:51
  2. "Generation" (Llew Matthews) – 6:59
  3. "High Fly" (Randy Weston) – 8:51
  4. "Jumpin' the Blues" (Jay McShann, Charlie Parker, Walter Brown) – 3:04
  5. "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman) – 7:16
  6. "Medley:"
    1. "Dolphin Dance" (Herbie Hancock) – 4:12 Additional track on CD release
    2. "Naima" (John Coltrane) – 2:43 Additional track on CD release
    3. "Star Crossed Lovers" (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) – 2:47 Additional track on CD release
    4. "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) – 6:52 Additional track on CD release
  7. "Mark I" (Kenny Burrell) – 11:00
  8. "So Little Time" (Burrell) – 6:51
  9. "Fungii Mama" (Blue Mitchell) – 6:11

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Blue Note Records Catalog: 85100 series accessed January 6, 2019
  2. ^ Kenny Burrell catalog accessed January 6, 2019
  3. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Kenny Burrell: Generation – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 6, 2019.