Ill health doesn't beat drummer Donald Bailey Nov 9, 2009
Guitarist Kenny Burrell, who played with Bailey on several Jimmy Smith albums in the late '50s and early '60s, calls the drummer "one of the real unsung heroes in the jazz world who has never gotten the credit he should have for his great musicianship.". Burrell recalls having first encountered Bailey playing with Smith at a Pittsburgh club around 1956. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Today in History - Aug. 1 Aug 1, 2009
Jazz composer-musician Kenny Burrell is 78. Actor Geoffrey Lewis is 74. (Waterloo Courier, IO)
From a 21st Century Virtuoso, an Evening of Music Without Boundaries May 30, 2009
A prot;g;e of the immortal Betty Carter, Riggins honed his jazz chops performing with such artists as Herbie Hancock, Ray Brown, Oscar Peterson, Milt Jackson, Donald Byrd, Mulgrew Miller, Bobby Hutcherson, Kenny Burrell and Diana Krall, all the while making a name for himself as a hip-hop producer and collaborator. His hip-hop credits include work with Common, Slum Village, Talib Kweli, Jay Dee, The Roots, Erykah Badu and Kanye West. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Record price for rare Motown disc May 2, 2009
A rare Motown seven inch single has fetched a world record price of 25,742 after its seller Kenny Burrell, from Fife, put it up for auction. The copy of unreleased 1965 single Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) by Frank Wilson is one of only two in the world. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
SFJazz 2009 Spring Season schedule Mar 8, 2009
No one, however, could claim that SFJazz is neglecting the jazz when the United States is represented by such sterling improvisers as Bill Frisell, Brad Mehldau, Kenny Burrell, Michael Feinstein and Ahmad Jamal. On the contrary, thanks to SFJazz, the art form is being fertilized and spread around the world. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
One Night With Blue Note Highlights... Mar 2, 2009
Grover Washington worked some summer magic with Kenny Burrell for their rendition of Summertime, Cecil Taylor pounds and beats great emotion out of the piano for his solo turn and Stanley Turrentine was majestic as usual. Celebrating an Important Milestone. (Suite101.com)
Warhol's greatest album covers Feb 8, 2009
Kenny Burrell: "Blue Lights, Volumes 1 and 2". (1958) With this two-volume Blue Note set by guitarist Kenny Burrell, Warhol finally broke away from simply drawing close-ups of musicians and their instruments and delivered a piece of art as evocative as the music inside. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Pop And Rock Feb 8, 2009
His work illustrating '50s album covers for now-famous jazz albums by artists such as Thelonious Monk and Kenny Burrell show not only Warhol's immense skill at drawing, but also an evanescent essence of the cool jazz inside the package. By the time he explodes the conventions of the art world, he is listening to the Shangri-Las. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
