| Then Along Came Kenny | |
| Type: | Live album |
| Artist: | Kenny Burrell |
| Cover: | Then Along Came Kenny.jpg |
| Released: | 1994 |
| Recorded: | August 26 & 27, 1993 |
| Venue: | Village Vanguard, NYC |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 62:59 |
| Label: | Paddle Wheel KICJ 2462 |
| Producer: | Kenny Burrell, Yuichi Nakao |
| Chronology: | Kenny Burrell |
| Prev Title: | Sunup to Sundown |
| Prev Year: | 1991 |
| Next Title: | Midnight at the Village Vanguard |
| Next Year: | 1994 |
Then Along Came Kenny is a live album by guitarist Kenny Burrell recorded at the Village Vanguard in New York in 1993 and first released on the Japanese Paddle Wheel label as From Vanguard With Love before being re-released on Evidence Music in 1996 with the amended title.[1]
The Allmusic review by Rick Anderson noted "This disc documents two nights that guitarist Kenny Burrell spent at New York's famous Village Vanguard club, in front of a fine trio ... Everyone plays with wit, assurance and verve, Burrell especially; his tone is warm and rich, and he chooses notes with wisdom and logic. The problem is that his note choices are so logical that you start to wish he'd take a few more chances ... Then there's the production problem -- this album sounds like it was recorded from the room rather than from the mixing board, and as a result, Burrell's guitar is indistinct and slightly buried. Not bad, but Burrell's done better". In JazzTimes, Jim Ferguson wrote "this disc-in addition to demonstrating such lofty aspects as Burrell’s time-honed depth and consistency as an improviser-just plain cooks from start to finish ... A beautiful look at the ’90s edition of one of the instrument’s greatest players".[2]
All compositions by Kenny Burrell except where noted