Kenneth earl kenny burrell july 31, 1931 is an american jazz guitarist from detroit. Kenny burrell has been one of the most respected guitarists and educator since decades. Download and print sheet music or learn how to play online. Kenny burrell gathered a great bunch of musicians together in a studio for a relaxed yet masterful tour through some of ellingtons bestknown material. American jazz guitarist, born july 31, 1931 in detroit, michigan, usa. Pdf midnight blue kenny burrell lead sheet new orleans. Best of kenny burrell by kenny burrell softcover sheet. When it comes to kenny burrell, a title like blues the common ground speaks volumes. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. Best of kenny burrell songbook guitar recorded versions. Mp3 file,realaudio file and solo analysis are available. The first blue note sessions blue note, 2000 compiles introducing kenny burrell, kenny burrell, and k.
Kenny burrell plays autumn leaves kenny burrell the best of kenny burrell book songs include. This lesson is about 10 easy kenny burrell jazz blues guitar lines with tabs transcribed from chitlins con carne. Kenny burrell chitlins con carne solo lesson ylyxew2d6dnm. Since i do a lot of transcribing anyway, ive taken to the idea of doing my own. From bluesy licks to furious bebop lines, romantic ballads to hype jazz standard, combo performances to solo performances. Listen to music, follow the tabs and play like your favourite musician. Joerg heuser sells transcriptions of all of that album and gives the one for soul lament away free kenny burrell soul lament he sells a set of transcriptions of the whole album for euro or 20 dollars. Best of kenny burrell songbook guitar recorded versions kindle edition by burrell, kenny.
Buy fully licensed online digital, transposable, printable sheet music. Playing wise, kenny burrell drew on electric blues influences like tbone walker and bb. You probable know kenny burrell from his most famous album midnight blue and his playing is almost always full of blues phrases. Kenny burrell with coleman hawkins bluesey burrell discogs.
The pdf with examples for this video is available through patreon. Best of kenny burrell guitar recorded versions paperback may 1, 2006 by kenny burrell author visit amazons kenny burrell page. Kenny burrell transcriptions jazz guitar lessons pdf. Wholly cats at page post was not sent check your email addresses. Cd, album, re, rm original jazz classics, original jazz classics, moodsville. Guitar solo transcription kenny burrell on chitlins con carne jazz guitar thomas berglund. Midnight blue is considered one of the best recordings of kenny burrells career. Best of kenny burrell guitar recorded versions paperback.
Accurate kenny burrell guitar, bass, drum, piano, guitar pro and power tabs at 911tabs. Apr 01, 2008 kenny burrell playing miles davis all blues on the television program club date. Though individually they all sound quite different, this meeting of the minds, recorded over two days in october of 1986 at the village vanguard, harnesses the sound of jones to a certain degree, and lets broom a little loose in his soulful groove tendency. While it is perfectly acceptable to think of the mixolydian and dominant 7 th arpeggios over the eb7 chord, you can also think of bb sounds such as the dorian scale and the bb minor pentatonic. Blues drenched and bebop guitar playing are the most known traits of kenny burrells guitar playing, but his playing features fantastic big band like percussive chord work. Kenny burrell jazz guitar transcriptions jazz guitar lick. Leave a message on my ultimate guitar profile or comment here and ill get back to you. Jazz guitar method pdf ebook 40 dominant mixolydian guitar licks. Choose and determine which version of midnight blue chords and tabs by kenny burrell you can play.
Kenny burrell collection 12 transcriptions francois. Jazz improv magazine lists the album among its top five recommended recordings for burrell, indicating that if you need to know the blue note sound. The second set of four bars in a blues progression features 2 bars of eb7 followed by 2 bars of bb7. How to play a kenny burrell chord solo jamie holroyd guitar. Kenny burrell tabs, chords, guitar, bass, ukulele chords, power tabs and guitar pro tabs including midnight blue, chitlins con carne, gee baby aint i good to you, jump for joy, kennys sound. These 12 transcriptions covers many aspect of kenny burrell s incredible playing style. Blues for del or a study in 6ths and hybrid picking kenny burrell and jimmy smith. Kenny burrell you want to be using blues like this jens larsen. Kenny burrell concurrently absorbed and influenced this language as it was being created. All night long is an album by the prestige all stars, later credited to guitarist kenny burrell, recorded in 1956 and released on the prestige label. Alternate sites, such as fan pages and personal accounts under his name and likeness are not.
Kenny burrell biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. Midnight blue is a 1963 album by jazz guitarist kenny burrell featuring stanley turrentine on tenor saxophone, major holley on double bass, bill english on drums and ray barretto on conga, and is one of burrell s bestknown works for blue note. The sole exception to the ellingtonia is the strayhornpenned take the a train, a song that will forever be associated with the duke. Kenny burrell songs for all instruments and levels. These 12 transcriptions covers many aspect of kenny burrells incredible playing style. He has cited jazz guitarists charlie christian and django reinhardt as influences, along with blues guitarists tbone walker and muddy waters. Its characterized by up tempo pieces, all of which were composed by the members of the band. Chords for all blues kenny burrell chordu chords for any. Get kenny burrells gee baby transcription pdf here.
He is joined by bob magnusson on bass and sherman ferguson on drums. Pieces of blue and the blues is a live album by guitarist kenny burrell and the jazz guitar band. Handcrafted is an album by guitarist kenny burrell recorded in 1978 and released on the muse. However, ive always had one problem or another with each. Support me on patreon and get pdf transcriptions for a small fee. This is the official kenneth earl burrell kenny burrell facebook fan page. The guy in charge of the site is basically trying to come up with his own fake book of tunes. In many ways it is quite simple and easy to play but has a very sophisticated layer with how he uses the blues something that we can probably all learn from. Kenny burrell solo 2 f jazz blues in this section, you will learn a solo over an f jazz blues progression.
This 104page book, like other volumes issued in the hall leonard guitar recorded versions series, contains transcriptions of essentially every note played by kenny burrell on 14 tunes. Kenny burrell had been mulling a concept record focused on the blues for about a year before entering engineer rudy van gelders studio in englewood cliffs, new jersey, on january 8, 1963. Id like to start things off with kenny burrell s midnight blue. Blues the best of kenny burrell prestige, 2004 also released as prestige profiles. Kenneth earl kenny burrell july 31, 1931 is an american jazz guitarist. Fiery pentatonic runs, subtle vibrato, block chord passages, lyrical glissando and pulloffs were all delivered in an assured and fertile rhythmic vocabulary with a gorgeously round tone. Aaron bell and his orchestra, andy gibson and his orchestra, billie holiday and her orchestra, bu bu turner group, gene harris and the phillip morris super band, gil evans and his orchestra, jay mcshann and his orchestra, jerome.
At 31, the detroitborn guitarist envisioned an lp that would. All day long is a jazz album by guitarist kenny burrell released in 1957 under prestige label, although it is nominally credited to the prestige all stars. The single notes in the solo are all based on the a minor blues scale, and the chords used are typical, threenote shapes that many jazz guitarists use in this type. Kenny burrell licks 4 a fun and classic sounding kenny burrell lick that is based on the eb major pentatonic scale, used over an eb7 chord. So, grab your axe and lets dig into some smooth sounding cool jazz in the style of kenny burrell. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading best of kenny burrell songbook guitar recorded versions. Kenny burrell is famous for his use of blues in his jazz solos. Two of guitarist kenny burrell s best sessions from the 1950s were this release and its companion, all day long.
The single notes in the solo are all based on the a minor blues scale, and the chords used are typical, threenote shapes that many jazz guitarists use in this type of soloingcomping situation, including kenny burrell. Play blues like kenny burrell jamie holroyd guitar. Guitar music jazz kenny burrell transcriptions download notefornote music and tab for chitlins con carne head and guitar solo chitlins con carne download notefornote music and tab for midnight blue head only midnight blue keep checking this page more kenny burrell transcriptions on the way. Apr 26, 2020 great for bridging the gap between blues tarnscriptions jazz lovers, which kenny so superbly does so often, especially on his classic album midnight blue. Learning a solo from memory is a great way to digest the material in that improvisation, but there are also other exercises that you can use to continue your study of this material in the woodshed. Barney kessel, charlie byrd and herb ellis 11071982 world of jazz duration.
Kenny burrell playing miles davis all blues on the television program club date. Kenny burrell licks 2 this second lick starts with a g pentatonic scale, advances to a dm9 arpeggio and resolves in the 3 of cmaj7. Shop our newest and most popular kenny burrell sheet music such as ill close my eyes, a weaver of dreams and everyday i have the blues, or click the. All night long, all of you, body and soul, mood indigo, broadway, cheetah, everyday i have the blues, freight trane, now see how you are, satin doll, phinupi, tenderly, a weaver of dreams. Take an indepth look at kenny burrells jazz guitar mastery with wolf marshall, who will teach you how to play some of his hottest licks. Burrell is teamed with an impressive group of young all stars. The transcriptions by pete billmann and jeff jacobson in regular musical notation as well as tab notation appear to be accurate and provide considerable.
And heres the great man playing live with that great tone that guitarists. Pieces of blue and the blues kenny burrell, kenny burrell. The epitome of good taste and solid swing, theres no finer exponent of smoky guitar jazz. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Guitar a stepbystep breakdown of the guitar styles and techniques of a jazz legend. Though individually they all sound quite different, this meeting of the minds, recorded over two days in. Here are 10 kenny burrell blues jazz guitar licks transcribed from chitlins con carne.
May 15, 2019 the first question was why kenny burrell, the guitar master who recorded with john coltrane and aretha franklin and released many of his own albums during blue notes golden age, found himself. Oct 27, 2017 37 27 emadd9 em6add9 em 004498 10 8 10 8 10 12 10 89000440043 30 em emadd9 am9 d7add 004300043004298 10 8 10 8 10 812121210010121110 34 d7add c b7 4 emadd9 em emadd9 1012111012 101010988 7787780020042004300043000430042 39 5 emadd9 emadd9 em em 00042098 10 8 10 8 10 8 1111 1212000420043004300044 43 emadd9 emadd9 em em 00042098. His approach always keeps in mind the connection of jazz to the blues, infusing his guitar with a soulful, hard bop edge. Jazz guitar licks and solo transcriptions of one of the greatest jazz guitarist of all time. Dec 11, 2016 accurate kenny burrell guitar, bass, drum, piano, guitar pro and power tabs at 911tabs. Check out all blues by kenny burrell on amazon music.
Kenny burrell licks 3 this is a bluesy lick in the eb blues pentatonic scale. Facing homelessness and crushing medical debt, a renowned. The tune seems to have a universal appeal about it. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Browse all kenny burrell sheet music musicnotes features the worlds largest online digital sheet music catalogue with over 300,000 arrangements available to print and play instantly. Kenny burrell tabs guitar solos, tab books, instruction. This etude is typical of kennys chordal style, and like many of the examples in this series, is over a 12 bar blues progression. With wes montgomery and charlie christian he is one of the most influential jazz guitarist, epitome of good taste and unique swing. Ive seen a lot of transcriptions of this one around from fans of jazz, blues, and rock alike. Recorded in 1967 and 1968, blues the common ground finds burrell backed by lots of brass and wind instruments for most of the album, hardly his usual setting. Oct 02, 2015 download pdf play kennys sound kenny burrell tabbed by. This was one of the first albums in which burrell was presented as a leader.
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