Guitar Forms [Remaster]

Performer: Kenny Burrell
Artist: Roger Kellaway; Lee Konitz; Joe Benjamin; Andy Fitzgerald; Grady Tate; Ron Carter; Willie Rodriguez; Gil Evans
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder
Producer: Creed Taylor; Aric Lach Morrison (Reissue)
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Personnel includes: Kenny Burrell (guitar); Gil Evans (arranger, conductor); Steve Lacy (soprano saxophone); Lee Konitz (alto saxophone); Bob Tricarico (tenor saxophone, flute, bassoon); Richie Kamuca (tenor saxophone, oboe); Johnny Coles, Louis Mucci (trumpet); Jimmy Cleveland, Jimmy Knepper (trombone); Ray Alonge, Julius Watkins (French horn); Bill Barber (tuba); Andy Fitzgerald, George Marge (flute, English horn); Ray Beckenstein (flute, bass clarinet); Roger Kellaway (piano); Joe Benjamin, Ron Carter (bass); Elvin Jones, Grady Tate (drums); Willie Rodriguez (congas). Principally recorded at Van Gelder Recording Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on December 4 & 15, 1964 and April 12, 1965. Includes liner notes by Art Lange. Personnel: Kenny Burrell (guitar, electric guitar); Raymond Beckenstein (flute, bass clarinet, alto saxophone); George Marge, Andy Fitzgerald (flute, English horn); Bob Tricarico (flute, bassoon, tenor saxophone); Richie Kamuca (oboe, tenor saxophone); Steve Lacy (soprano saxophone); Lee Konitz (alto saxophone); Louis Mucci, Johnny Coles (trumpet); Julius Watkins, Ray Alonge (French horn); Jimmy Cleveland, Jimmy Knepper (trombone); Billy Barber (tuba); Roger Kellaway (piano); Elvin Jones, Grady Tate, Charlie Persip (drums); Willie Rodriguez (congas). Liner Note Author: Art Lange. Recording information: 12/04/1964-04/12/1965. Photographer: Rudolph Legname. Unknown Contributor Roles: Elvin Jones; Jimmy Cleveland; Jimmy Knepper; Johnny Coles; Julius Watkins; Lee Konitz; Ron Carter ; Steve Lacy; Roger Kellaway. Arranger: Gil Evans. Though the jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell is associated mostly with Blue Note-based hard bop and soul jazz (he had a hit with the funky "Chile Con Carne"), he is also a musician of considerable artistry. Witness his landmark 1965 collaboration with Gil Evans, GUITAR FORMS, which rivals anything the arranger did with Miles Davis. Indeed, the track "Lotus Land" has a bolero form very reminiscent of SKETCHES OF SPAIN. There is no stinting on the blues here, either, as evidenced on "Downstairs" and "Terrace Theme." But the highlights are the bossa nova version of Alec Wilder's "Moon And Sand" as well as a characteristically slow and luxurious treatment of Harold Arlen's "Last Night When We Were Young." Throughout, Burrell takes thoughtful, concise, and utterly musical solos, and even switching to acoustic classical guitar on "Prelude #2" and "Loie."

Down Beat (9/97, p.54) - 4 1/2 stars (out of 5) - "...careful listening reveals an incredible multi-stylistic foray that features not so much Burrell's polymath guitarworks, but arranger Gil Evans' genius at integrating unlike strands..."

Detroit guitarist Kenny Burrell is one of the most influential guitar players in jazz. He started out performing with Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, and even Benny Goodman in the 1950s. Under his own name, he released some important collaborative efforts with John Coltrane and Jimmy Smith. Throughout the '60s, with such albums as the iconic MIDNIGHT BLUE, he helped define the modern concept of jazz guitar, and continued to explore the style for decades to come.

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