God Bless the Child (Kenny Burrell album) explained

God Bless the Child
Type:Album
Artist:Kenny Burrell
Cover:God Bless the Child (Kenny Burrell album).jpg
Released:1971
Recorded:April 28 and May 11 & 25, 1971
Studio:Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre:Jazz
Length:49:52
Label:CTI
CTI 6011
Producer:Creed Taylor
Chronology:Kenny Burrell
Prev Title:Asphalt Canyon Suite
Prev Year:1969
Next Title:'Round Midnight
Next Year:1972

God Bless the Child is an album by American jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell featuring performances recorded in 1971 and released on the CTI label.[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review states "This is Burrell at his level best as a player to be sure, but also as a composer and as a bandleader. Magnificent".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Kenny Burrell except where noted

  1. "Be Yourself" - 5:56
  2. "Love Is the Answer" - 4:54
  3. "Do What You Gotta Do" - 9:35
  4. "A Child Is Born" (Thad Jones) - 8:37
  5. "God Bless the Child" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.) - 8:55
  6. "Ballad of the Sad Young Men" (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) - 2:19
  7. "Lost in the Stars" (Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson) - 2:27
  8. "A Child Is Born" [alternate take] (Jones) - 7:09

Tracks 6-8 are bonus tracks on CD issues, not on the original LP.

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.dougpayne.com/ctid7072.htm#godbless CTI Records discography
  2. Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed February 16, 2012

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