Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell was born in Detroit, Michigan, United States on July 31st, 1931 and is the Guitarist. At the age of 93, Kenny Burrell biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Kenneth Earl Burrell (born July 31, 1931) is an American jazz guitarist best known for his work on the Blue Note label.
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Charlie Christian and Django Reinhardt, as well as blues guitarists T-Bone Walker and Muddy Waters, have all cited jazz guitarists as influences.
In addition, Jimi Hendrix has cited Burrell as a source of authority. Burrell is a professor and Director of Jazz Studies at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, and she has taught him.
Early life
Burrell was born in Detroit, Michigan. Both his parents played instruments, and he started playing guitar at the age of 12 after listening to Charlie Christian's recordings. He dropped the idea of becoming a saxophonist during World War II and bought an acoustic guitar for $10. After listening to Oscar Moore, he was inspired to play jazz, but it was Django Reinhardt who told him "that you should get your own individuality on a piano." With Louis Cabara and classical guitar with Joe Fava, he began to investigate composition and theory. He made his recording debut as a member of Dizzy Gillespie's sextet in 1951, followed by the "Rose of Tangier"/"Ground Round" single at Fortune Records in Detroit, while a student at Wayne State University. Burrell formed the New World Music Society group with fellow Detroit musicians Pepper Adams, Donald Byrd, Elvin Jones, and Yusef Lateef.
Career
After graduating in 1955 and then migrated to New York City in 1956 with pianist Tommy Flanagan, Burrell toured with Oscar Peterson. Burrell's debut as king for Blue Note came within months, and both he and Flanagan were highly awaited as sidemen and studio musicians, performing with singers Tony Bennett and Lena Horne, Gene Ammons, and Kenny Dorham, among others. Burrell occupied Charlie Christian's former chair in Benny Goodman's band from 1957 to 1959. Burrell has had a prolific recording career, and commentators have cited The Cats with John Coltrane in 1957, Midnight Blue with Stanley Turrentine in 1963, and Guitar Forms with arranger Gil Evans in 1965 as examples.
"Ellingtonia," an undergraduate course, explores Duke Ellington's life and accomplishments, began in 1978. Although Ellington and Burrell never met directly, Burrell was his "favorite guitarist player" and Burrell has released a number of tributes to and interpretations of Ellington's work. Burrell has been teaching Gretchen Parlato and Kamasi Washington since 1996, among UCLA's most influential alumni, as Gretchen Parlato and Kamasi Washington.