Stormy Monday (Kenny Burrell album) explained

Stormy Monday
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Kenny Burrell
Cover:	Stormy Monday (Kenny Burrell album).jpg
Released:	1978
Recorded:	June 18–20, 1974
Studio:	Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Fantasy F-9558
Producer:	Kenny Burrell
Chronology:	Kenny Burrell
Prev Title:	Up the Street, 'Round the Corner, Down the Block
Prev Year:	1974
Next Title:	Sky Street
Next Year:	1975

Stormy Monday is an album by guitarist Kenny Burrell recorded in 1974 and released on the Fantasy Records label in 1978.^[1] The album was released on CD combined with Sky Street (Fantasy, 1975) as Stormy Monday Blues in 2001.

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album four stars, stating "this album shouldn't be missed".^[2]

Track listing

1. "Stormy Monday = Call it stormy monday" (Aaron T-Bone Walker) - 5:40
2. "Azure Te (Paris Blues)" (Bill Davis, Don Wolf) - 6:58
3. "One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 5:44
4. "(I'm Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over" (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) - 6:00
5. "Why Do I Choose You?" (Hugh Martin) - 1:58
6. "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) - 9:49

Personnel

• Kenny Burrell - guitar
• Richard Wyands - piano (tracks 1-4 & 6)
• John Heard - bass (tracks 1-4 & 6)
• Lenny McBrowne (tracks 2, 3 & 6), Richie Goldberg (tracks 1 & 4) - drums

Notes and References

1. http://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/musician.php?id=5479#anchor132 All About Jazz Kenny Burrell discography
2. Lankford Jr., R. D. Allmusic Review, accessed August 8, 2012