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Kenny Burrell

Detroit, United States • b. 1931-07-31

Kenny Burrell is credited on 4,343 releases across 840 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1952–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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4,343

Pressings credited

840

Albums

8

Decades active

584

In collections

Biography

Kenneth Earl Burrell (born July 31, 1931) is an American jazz guitarist, singer and composer known for his work on numerous top jazz labels: Prestige, Blue Note, Verve, CTI, Muse, and Concord. His collaborations with Jimmy Smith were notable, and produced the 1965 Billboard Top Twenty hit Verve album Organ Grinder Swing. Burrell has cited jazz guitarists Charlie Christian, Oscar Moore, and Django Reinhardt as influences, along with blues guitarists T-Bone Walker and Muddy Waters. Burrell is a professor and Director of Jazz Studies at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.

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Credited work

4,343 releases · 840 albums · active 1952–2026

  • Performance · 6,243
  • Other credits · 98
  • Production · 52

Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey · Manhattan Towers · A&R Studios

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