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Contents: [Kenny Burrell 90th Birthday Anniversary SHM-CD Collection] [First SHM-CD Release] To commemorate the 90th birthday of Kenny Burrell, a modern jazz guitarist with many fans for his urban and sophisticated blues feeling, classic and rare albums from his heyday in the 1950s and 60s are being reissued. This is his final album on Verve. It consists of an ambitious suite that expresses the hustle and bustle and loneliness of a big city through city blues, backed by an orchestra arranged by Johnny Pate, and lighthearted covers of pop hits of the time.
Kenny Burrell (g) Roland Hanna (p) Johnny Pate (arr) Orchestra Recorded in New York on October 8, 10, and 16, 1969 [Track Listing] 1. Asphalt Canyon Suite Part 1: Introduction 2. Asphalt Canyon Suite Part 1: Asphalt Canyon Blues 3. Asphalt Canyon Suite Part 2: Think About It 4. Asphalt Canyon Suite Part 2: Better Get Your Thing Together 5. Asphalt Canyon Suite Part 2: Alone in the City 6. The Good Old Days 7. Put a Little Love in Your Heart 8. Please Send Me Someone to Love 9. Going to Jim and Andy's 10. Sugar Hill Media Reviews and More The final album on Verve. Composed of an ambitious suite that expresses the hustle and bustle and loneliness of a big city through city blues, backed by an orchestra arranged by Johnny Pate, and lighthearted covers of pop hits of the time. (C)RS
