When Lights Are Low (Kenny Burrell album) explained

When Lights Are Low
Type:Studio
Artist:Kenny Burrell
Cover:When Lights Are Low (Kenny Burrell album).jpg
Released:1979
Recorded:September 1978
Studio:Coast Recorders, San Francisco, CA
Genre:Jazz
Length:39:50
Label:Concord Jazz
CJ-83
Producer:Frank Dorritie
Chronology:Kenny Burrell
Prev Title:Handcrafted
Prev Year:1978
Next Title:Kenny Burrell Live at the Village Vanguard
Next Year:1980

When Lights Are Low is an album by American guitarist Kenny Burrell recorded in 1978 and released on the Concord Jazz label.[1]

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 2½ stars with Scott Yanow stating "This session is so relaxed and tasteful as to be rather dull. Guitarist Kenny Burrell seems so intent on every note being appropriate that the results are overly safe and predictable".

Track listing

All compositions by Kenny Burrell except where noted

  1. "When Lights Are Low" (Benny Carter, Spencer Williams) – 4:51
  2. "Body and Soul" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Frank Eyton, Robert Sour) – 6:25
  3. "Li'l Darlin'" (Neal Hefti) – 5:28
  4. "Blue Muse" – 5:15
  5. "Ain't Misbehavin'" (Fats Waller, Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf) – 4:58
  6. "It Shouldn't Happen to a Dream" (Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges) – 6:25
  7. "Blues for Basie" – 6:28

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. https://www.jazzdisco.org/kenny-burrell/catalog/#concord-jazz-cj-83 Jazzdisco: Kenny Burrell Catalog