God Bless the Child (Kenny Burrell album)
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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]
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Track listing
All compositions by Kenny Burrell except where noted
- "Be Yourself" - 5:56
- "Love Is the Answer" - 4:54
- "Do What You Gotta Do" - 9:35
- "A Child Is Born" (Thad Jones) - 8:37
- "God Bless the Child" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.) - 8:55
- "Ballad of the Sad Young Men" (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) - 2:19
- "Lost in the Stars" (Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson) - 2:27
- "A Child Is Born" [alternate take] (Jones) - 7:09
- Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on April 28 (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 8), May 11 (tracks 4 & 7) and May 25 (tracks 2 & 6), 1971
Tracks 6-8 are bonus tracks on CD issues, not on the original LP.
Personnel
- Kenny Burrell - electric guitar
- Freddie Hubbard - trumpet
- Hubert Laws - flute
- Richard Wyands - piano, electric piano
- Hugh Lawson - electric piano
- Ron Carter - bass
- Billy Cobham - drums
- Ray Barretto, Airto Moreira - percussion
- Seymour Barab, Charles McCracken, George Ricci, Lucien Schmit, Alan Shulman - cello
- Don Sebesky - arranger, conductor
References
- ^ CTI Records discography accessed February 20, 2012
- ^ a b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed February 16, 2012
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