Kenny Burrell - All Star Guitar Night 2015

[@andrealgere1081]

I MET HIM IN 1971 AT THE KEYSTONE CORNER IN BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, I WAS SITTING NEXT TO HIM AT THE BAR AND HE BOUGHT ME A DRINK, I DIDN'T KNOW WHO HE WAS UNTIL I HEARD THE MC SAY, CAN WE GET MR KENNY BURRELL BACK TO THE STAGE, AND HE LOOKED AT ME AND SAID, WELL, I GOTTA GO TO WORK, AND HE WENT UP AND STARTED PLAYING HIS GUITAR, I WAS TOTALLY SHOCKED AND BLOWN AWAY. I STARTED LEARNING HIS SONGS ON GUITAR AT THE AGE OF 15, AND HERE I WAS SITTING NEXT TO THE MAN I ADMIRED AS A GUITARIST AND HE WAS BUYING ME A DRINK! I'M 72 YEARS OLD NOW AND I STILL LEARN HIS SONGS. I THANK GOD THAT I HAD THAT MOMENT OF TIME WITH A LEDGEND.

[@Reachowt]

Wonderful...got tearful...to think, Kenny Burrell was either 84 or 85 and could still play so well. Thank you sir.

[@johnconway6976]

He's still with us!

[@ProfessorTime]

1981. Dad took me to see Kenny Burrell at a San Jose jazz club. I was an 18 y.o. guitar player. I expected the place to be jam packed for a legend like Kenny Burrell. Imagine my shock when only 12 people showed up to see Kenny play that night. But all 12 of us had front row tables and Kenny played superbly.

[@bobsaturday4273]

hey thats like me ! went to see barney asshole ...I mean kessel here at a hotel gig , during a break he was out in a foyer and I asked him about a real outside kinda rake arpeggio riff and he told me to fuck myself , real nice , never forget that either

[@seanhennessey9869]

a jazz club in San Jose back then!...I am trying to think where...that´s awesome you got so see that!...I was more into rock back in the day, I was 15 and went to see Leon Russel at the Fillmore and Miles opened up the show (!!!), the Bitches Brew tour....I have never been the same...it was my intro into jazz, which eventually overtook rock as my favorite music....of course I went back in Miles´catalogue, learned to love it all, I discovered jazz via Miles....I did not hear Burrel until the 80s when I heard a Trane album with KB on it and as far as I know that is the onlyguitarist Trane ever recorded with...funny, 12 people at that show...that was Jose back in the day, very square...good for you

[@jharekcarnelian]

Sometimes it's better not to meet our musical heroes...

[@johnthrelfall5]

Great anecdote Bob! Musicians are all kinds of people, you and me included!

[@johnthrelfall5]

It's cool playing for 12 people! I went to a gig by two jazz guitarists and there was only me , my video camera , the sound guy and the barperson there at the start! The modern music taste in society is weird but out of it I think is emerging some quality!

[@danielcoles3358]

For those who were curious, the first half of his performance is Azure by Duke Ellington and the second is The Single Petal of a Rose, also by Ellington. I had the pleasure of playing in his Ellingtonia band at UCLA last year and he is a great human being and an amazing musician!

[@ericwinter4513]

+Daniel Coles Do Nothing Til' You Hear From Me in there as well!

[@jazzerson7087]

+Daniel Coles Cheers Daniel.

[@MuriMorello]

+Daniel Coles well theres enother song there also ;)

[@promerops]

+Daniel Coles And while we're on the subject of Ellington (as well as the opening remarks and tributes), wasn't it The Duke who said, "Kenny Burrell plays fine guitar. Others may play better, but no one plays finer guitar than Kenny Burrell" -or words to that effect? Without wanting to appear to be arrogant, I have to say I agree.

[@muchomusiclibre]

Thanks for the info.

[@SteveSmith-pr3jw]

The world needs more Kenny Burrell.

[@tonydeAraujo]

This kind of playing is just the therapy I need on a daily basis.

[@joaopaladini1810]

thats the most beautiful sound ive ever heard in my life. Thank you Mr Burrell

[@celinhavaz]

I had the honor and the pleasure of having met Kenny at the age of 20, on my first trip to New York (I come from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) , back on the early 70's and heard from him "dont leave Music off your life" and he is the guy who gave me this advice for life, and got me to study hard and become a professional musician. How lucky I am...r getting this advice from such a GREAT MASTER. Thanks, Kenny...I love you and your Music, a lot.

[@henrywileyjr4663]

Great influence he is my homeboy Detroit Mi

[@pierrechaouat]

Curious indeed! My experience is quite the opposite. I first saw him in 1969 in Paris, playing with Barney Kessel and Grant Green. Back then, I was 18 and I realized the huge gap between an amateur like me and true pro artists. I decided to stick to my medical school...

[@elvee7851]

Fantastic performance by the one and only Kenny Burrell. I saw him in person in Boston once and he was a real gentleman and an outstanding performance.

[@akiology]

His contribution to this music, not only to jazz guitar, spans more than 65 years! The first time I met him was in 1973 in Japan. I heard him play number of times in Chicago once I moved to the US and most recently in 2015 in LA. One of my favorite ballad performances of any instrument is his" I Surrender Dear" from A Generation Ago Today album. I leaned a lot from his playing and what stands out is his great taste. Thank you Mr.Kenny Burrell. I just don't understand this many people could put "dislike" on this video. That is disrespectful.

[@reddyreyalls869]

He's been my favorite guitarist for decades! Fantastic phrasing on top of everything else! He smokes, while being very soulful!

[@kennethmasseysr9204]

i could watch this video 1000 times over and still learn something new! What a humble and wise Master

[@burnedoutgolfer]

2:12 the outstanding guitar artistry starts. Thank You Kenny and everyone involved in promoting the jazz legend

[@genec8393]

I would rather hear him now than most of the multi--note players of today. He has been one of my favorites since the the Pythodd days. Thanks Kenny for the many years of great inspirational, tasty playing.

[@jaytea42]

amazing artist, always love his giant chords mixed with fast bursts of bluesy lines!

[@Trombonology]

All the praise in the introduction is substantiated by the playing. Kenny is a genius. Many thanks for this!

[@svendbosanvovski4241]

What a wonderful clip. You feel like you are sitting in a chair in Kenny's lounge room. What a privilege.

[@boblstclair3036]

I've loved him and learned from him since the 60s. I owe him such a debt of gratitude.

[@muchomusiclibre]

Kenny is over 80 and plays better than 99% of guitar players! way to go Kenny!

[@vecernicek2]

99%? Are you kidding? Are you trying to say that 1% of guitarists are as good or better as Kenny Burrell? Conservative estimates say there are about 50 million guitarists in the world. So about 500,000 are as good as Kenny Burrell? I guess it was supposed to be a compliment, but it didn't work out :-)

[@muchomusiclibre]

+vecernicek2 you should be a statistician, not a musician! 😊

[@bigswingface5847]

A person can be both. Just because he wants to be technically correct does not mean he can't be a musician, as well.

[@Omegaphats]

everyone understands what he meant. only a women would expect specific exact stats wtf like arguing over the color of his jacket, "it's orange, no its not, it's tangerine"

[@vecernicek2]

Jonh wikcer I have no idea what you're talking about. His jacket is black. Lol

[@dingoswamphead]

Note the tasteful de-tuning to the low D at 5:30. Tasteful genius!

[@billwhitton500]

such a beautiful feeling in his music,......all you have to do is listen, thanks Kenny....thanks Guitar Player for honoring this master of the guitar, we owe him .

[@tonmisty]

I listen to him a couple of times every week!

[@bigstick5278]

Playing a Kenny Burrell Heritage through a Kenny Burell Heritage tube amp, both companies by the way have nothing in common with each, other than the name. I have the Heritage Brighton 2x12 amp and two Heritage H-175 and H-150 both mid 90's. Sad the company Heritage amplifiers went out of business but Heritage guitars is still alive. People need to keep this sort of dedication of jazz alive. If you learn to play jazz guitar it will seriously help you greatly no matter what type of music you play.

[@scottwbutler]

Simply Beautiful.Thank-you Mr. Burrell. I have been listening to you since the late 60's and your playing better then ever!

[@Music-or-die]

GOAT

[@RobJonesnuClusiv]

From the 60s I followed and admired Mr. Burrell. Incredible mastery of the guitar, but what he's truly mastered is his audiences. I once heard him say something to the effect that it's most important that the audience gets greater enjoyment from what's being played than the musician. It's obvious that he's lived by that.

[@yellowmagicdog3350]

happy birthday sir!

[@stuartwylie9408]

Balanced and intimate, a great privilege to hear someone who can express themselves so well . A man still in love and grooving with his guitar , such an intelligent and artful musician .

[@robertjatib5118]

Jazz lover but recently discovered this musician. Im astonished at his style. This is an icon. Jazz never geys old. May it live on!

[@jeffbrown3051]

Everyone who have been listening to Kenny Burell over the years has to remark that he is such a kind and gentle human beign. I admit he is a wonderful guitar player but at my stage of life I am always impressed first with virtues and character.

[@mhu9343]

My all time guitar hero. I deeply adore him. Thanks so much for this video!!!

[@capitannemo62]

Thanks for posting this. For me, is the only possibility to see and hear a living legend.

[@Minor7thb5]

The master of the instrument playing with soul and feeling and of course technique when needed. Wished I was there in the audience.

[@RandyMorris-wq7tr]

The guitar players guitarist. Amazing player. Peace

[@hoffy1003]

What an inspiration. Thanks for posting this.

[@SaphirSouenEstherG]

Shared on Googlee+, July 31, 2018 - *Happy 87th Birthday!*

[@clarencephagan9550]

I’ve loved music, especially guitar music most of my life, and am just now at age 70 discovering KB. I was reading about SRV and read that KB was an inspiration and listening to some of his tracks can hear it. WOW! I have deprived myself of one of the finest I’ve ever heard. I’m extremely sad for the years lost but sooo glad for the new found love I’ve discovered😍

[@Ruddermeister]

Only nine years younger than you, but the same story.

[@genez429]

That was recorded magnificently...

[@billbaker1724]

As both a fan and player, Kenny and so many other Jazz players humble me. The phrasing and articulation of notes and chords are certainly a product of some magical gift only a few souls in the Universe get.

[@awpro7155]

Honestly, never would have thought that I'd ever stop playing blues or Led Zeppelin honestly, but this man has inspired me to master my jazz game.

[@marciamakesmusic]

Hope it's gone well!

[@gabchaim8232]

the heat has gone

[@jameschilders2880]

he used to give my step mom guitar lessons when i was in my teens my dad was buddy childers kenny was a great friend

[@williamjc7195]

love the crazy picking....then beautiful chords to blend the melody to the harmony. really something of beauty.

[@MichelBENEBIG]

My all time favorite guitarist... I had the chance to mett Kenny back in 2012 in L.A... NEVER FORGET IT !!...

[@phretbord]

Amazing! I saw Kenny at Yoshi's in Oakland a few years back and that wasn't the first time. The first time was at the Crest Theater in Sacramento, must have been around 30 years ago. The first time I saw him he played his rendition of the Flintstones, amazing and fun to watch at the same time. Anyways, when I saw him at Yoshi's, I got to take a pic with him, and I told him that I had seen him at the Crest and he said, yeah that was a long time ago. Amazing and humble man, one of the greatest I've ever come across and I hope to see him again.

[@stuartlimbrick4187]

His sound and recordings have been the accompanying music to decades of my life and experiences. Any idea of what cool or bluesy is, has to echo his playing to me.

[@blaze12day]

Amazing, what a beautiful sound.

[@puravida1949]

Such a tasteful artist and and wonderful musician!!

[@carguy3460]

My favorite guitar player. Period.

[@digitalsketchguy7844]

One of my favourite guitarists of all time.

[@charlesboyle9223]

So inspiring. Very moving.

[@digitalsketchguy]

Playing just as beautifully in his 80's as when he was in his 30's. Go get 'em Kenny B.

[@bnzboy]

thank you for uploading the video! Kenny Burrell is an amazing musician

[@coostunes9733]

Kenny Burrell - the greatest living guitarist - jazz or otherwise!

[@dgrantha]

A master at his craft!

[@jimcole6423]

Exquisite!

[@rickyjones7282]

A true master!!!

[@kennethmasseysr9204]

absolutely inspiring from a truly humble master and legend

[@MARSTVCHANNEL]

From a man who shouldn't drive any longer at his age this performance is nothing short of incomprehensible

[@shawnbm1709]

My Lord, what a gift to the music world. He's a giant, a maestro--the real article. He's eighty-four years old and can play like that!

[@larry6795]

The eloquent sound of Mr.Kenneth Earl Burrell 👏🏽🙏🏾

[@dagostinoification]

Beautiful ! I love !

[@patrickyoung3503]

Pure genius on the guitar I feel blessed to have heard him play

[@robertosozio3425]

Kenny Burrell one great one Big the jazz and Blues my favorite guitarist

[@jazzclarinet2006]

Goosebumps, especially from The Single Petal of a Rose. So amazing. Love this guy!

[@JoseDiaz-jn5je]

Sarah eliane.elias elias cup

[@JoseDiaz-jn5je]

Superb

[@stuartlimbrick4187]

I have loved Kenny's playing for so long, and wore out an LP of his called "Ode To 52nd Street" which had a tune side, and a suite on the other side depicting musical interpretations of New York, rush hour traffic in there, even morning coffee percolating, and a the coolest resolution of a blues piece at the end that will stay playing in my head forever. He is the ultimate of so mean and blue, but so laid back and cool! He was a guitar God to me for so long in my life, it is hard to see him as human even now. I wish they would re issue the Suite, but I did manage to buy a CD with all of the other side of the ode album on it. Always wanted to see him play his Dangelico New Yorker! At least I got to see him play once in the Sydney Opera House!

[@michaelszczerbiec]

The most chillin' thing I ever heard

[@chais1111]

while listening to my favorite Stevie Ray slow numbers like Lenny and Riviera Paradise i realized where he got his playing style from. Anyone who knows anything about guitar playing and doesn't think that this man is a master of his craft is a fool. Age is the only factor affecting his playing and is barely noticeable.

[@taildragger53]

That's very true. Actually to add further, SRV did his own version of KBs "'Chitlins Con Carne"'

[@digitalsketchguy]

Those chords aint in me chord book. Kenny you darn maestro, if i could be half as good, i'd die a happy man.

[@larry6795]

Mr. Kenny Burrell 👏🏽

[@andytalbot2273]

Single Petal of a Rose. The whole clip is beautiful. All truth.

[@surfgod509]

Simply a Brilliant Player.....

[@Rory99M]

He must have been very young when playing with duke Ellington. Phenomenonal jazz guitarist. Thanks

[@GeorgiaBoy1961]

@ Rory: According to his online biography, Kenny Burrell never collaborated directly with Duke Ellington, but Ellington knew of him and termed Burrell his "favorite guitarist." He did occupy Charlie Christian's chair for a while with Benny Goodman's band during the 1950s. After a long and distinguished career as a sideman and leader, he began teaching at UCLA in 1978, a course called "Ellingtonia," which examined the life and music of Duke Eillington. This is apt, since Burrell is one of the acknowledged experts on his music. I've been fortunate-enough to see Burrell several times live and in person, and he is simply wonderful. Tremendous performer and a tremendous person.

[@greenfarmrecordings]

Wonderful, an inspiration.

[@electricchurchmusic4298]

Absolutely Brilliant !!!

[@rickf6375]

man that guitar is beautiful, just like the way it is played

[@mindisaction]

I saw him life in Barcelona in early 90's... An honour!.

[@johnknottenbelt2502]

A truely great Jazz guitarist of the highest order. Went on to influence, the great Wes Montgomery, George Benson & many more. Even the great BB King. Jimi Hendrix was also knocked out by Kenny Burrell.

[@nemo-nb3gh]

You heard the introduction of what Jimi Hendrix said about Burrell " thats the sound I want ! starting around 6:40 . Hendrix must have heard those descending runs cause it sounds almost exactly like some of what Jimi played

[@captainzeb1969]

I enjoyed the tasteful and timely use of octaves and harmonics. Beautiful playing.

[@AMARTESXXI]

My favorite jazz guitarrist.

[@TheJofrica]

Wow this is awesome, thanks for sharing and uploading!

[@dongkysp8870]

Speechless...!

[@Joshualbm]

What a master. Astounding.

[@leomaier4231]

wonderful!!! thank you, KB!!!

[@oi1e319]

I love how the sparkling background made the Legend himself looks like he’s filming an ig story with a filter haha🙏😂✨

[@Johaneeeek]

This guy know alot of chords!

[@carguy3460]

Was I supposed to read that in a Steve Martin voice?

[@HeathWatts]

@@carguy3460 I read everything in a Steve Martin voice. It's an affliction I've had since age 8.

[@breedurham3901]

The Greatest, Mr. Kenny Burrell!!!

[@codydafoe2951]

one of the greats

[@bandicoot5412]

Really clean with a alittle star dust in the timber, only a seasoned master can produce.

[@jazzeando7357]

Un verdadero Maestro !

[@jocapamusician]

Whoa ,this experienced old guitar man plays so extraornarily nice music , he knows everything about music, i ment jazz is such a music like came from haeven, as classic music from the years 1600,sic !!!

[@agungwayne3090]

This guy is amazing.

[@NUJAKKCITIE]

please, true fire! bring out a kenny burrell lesson!!!

[@vagnerfonseca2354]

Existe muita sensibilidade em cima desse grande potencial desse grande mestre dessa maravilhosa arte musical. Parabéns!!!!!

[@letradavis650]

Just 1 word: SMOOTH

[@kasitaariyanti4128]

forever my goal

[@geoffreyharold]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KENNY!

[@tomkozic8505]

Congratulations to my old friend the great Kenny Burrell

[@donmilland7606]

two influential albums I can name off the cuff: Kenny Burrell with Jimmy Smith, Kenny Burrell with John Coltrane.

[@genec8393]

Tender Gender, Man At Work. Many others. I copied all these tunes in the 60's. Your choices were great too.

[@TheThinker39]

Wonderful!