Kenny Burrell - guitar [click here to see more vinyl featuring Kenny Burrell] Kenny Dorham (A3) - trumpet [click here to see more vinyl featuring Kenny Dorham] Frank Foster (B2-4) - tenor saxophone J. R. Monterose (A3) - tenor saxophone Tommy Flanagan (A1, A3-B4) - piano [click here to see more vinyl featuring Tommy Flanagan] Paul Chambers (A1) - bass [click here to see more vinyl featuring Paul Chambers] Sam Jones (A3) - bass Oscar Pettiford (A4-B4) - bass [click here to see more vinyl featuring Oscar Pettiford] Kenny Clarke (A1) - drums [click here to see more vinyl featuring Kenny Clarke] Arthur Edgehill (A3) - drums Shadow Wilson (A4-B4) - drums Candido Camero (A1) - conga 1 LP, Gatefold jacket Original analog Master tape : YES Heavy Press : 180g Record color : black Speed : 33RPM Size : 12” Stereo Studio Record Press : RTI Label : Blue Note Tone Poet Original Label : Blue Note A4 to B4: Recorded March 12, 1956 at the Audio-Video Studios, New York City. A1, A2: Recorded May 29-30, 1956 at the Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey. A3: Recorded May 31, 1956 at the Cafe Bohemia, New York City Engineered by Rudy Van Gelder Produced by Joe Harley Remastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio Originally released in April 1957 Reissued in October 2022 Tracks : Side A: Get Happy But Not For Me Mexico City Moten Swing Side B: Cheeta Now See How You Are Phinupi How About You Reviews : The first thing that strikes you about Kenny Burrell's second Blue Note album, simply titled Kenny Burrell (BLP 1543) and released as part of Blue Note's fabled 1500 series, is the cover, which features an illustration by Andy Warhol, the first of three Blue Note covers the soon-to-be famed artist collaborated on with designer Reid Miles. The second is the striking music, which is drawn from four different sessions recorded in 1956 with the great guitarist featured in a variety of different configurations. The opener, a brisk romp through Harold Arlen's "Get Happy," features Tommy Flanagan on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, Kenny Clarke on drums, and Candido on congas. That leads into a stunning solo guitar rendition of the Gershwin tune "But Not For Me," which is followed by the live track "Mexico City," a piece by Kenny Dorham and recorded with the trumpeter's sextet at the Café Bohemia. Burrell and Flanagan are joined by bassist Oscar Pettiford and drummer Shadow Wilson on the Basie band number "Moten Swing" and Burrell's "Cheeta," and tenor saxophonist Frank Foster makes it a quintet for remainder of Side 2 on Pettiford's "Now See How You Are," Burrell's "Phinupi," and the Burton Lane standard "How About You." Ratings: Discogs 4.55 / 5
