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Kenny Burrell
real name Kenneth Earl Burrell
Detroit, United States · b. 1931-07-31
Kenny Burrell is credited on 4,340 releases across 842 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1952–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
4,340
Credits
842
Albums
8
Decades active
625
In collections
Biography
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American jazz guitarist, born July 31, 1931 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
4,340 releases · 842 albums · active 1952–2026
- Performance · 6,240
- Other credits · 98
- Production · 52
Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey · Manhattan Towers · A&R Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Giant Steps
1960

Ballads
1963

Chet
1959

Midnight Blue
1963

The Sky Is Crying
1991

Lady Sings The Blues
1956

Getz Au Go Go
1964

Back At The Chicken Shack
1963

Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane
1963

Home Cookin'
1961

Bass On Top
1957

My Conception
1979

A New Perspective
1964

Midnight Special
1961

Got My Mojo Workin'
1966

Chet Baker In New York
1958

Kenny Burrell
1957

Soul '69
1969

Blowin' The Blues Away
1959

Night Lights
2025

Deciphering The Message
2021

The Cats
1959

Hoodoo Man Blues
1966

The Sermon!
1959
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Jimmy Smith
- Billie Holiday
- Stan Getz
- John Coltrane
- The Incredible Jimmy Smith
- Dizzy Gillespie
- Stanley Turrentine
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