Kenny lived across the street from me in the 70's and would come over often. His then wife Michi. Always complain to my mom. He don't pay attention to me, all he does is play his damn guitar. LOL. Really nice person.

Love the way he picks out the melody on top of the chords. What a tasteful player. And much underrated I feel.

Surely Mr. Burrell worked as hard as any master artist to perfect his craft. But his magnificent sense of phrasing must certainly be a gift. It must be. It is his genius. And the pleasure he engenders in applying it identifies him as truly one of a kind.

Great to see this being played on an acoustic, I always think acoustic guitar is overlooked for jazz/blues

Kenny Burrell has the coolest voice ever.

Went to see Tommy Flanagan in a small club a few years back . Thought it was a trio gig.Then I watched Kenny come out and join him on stage. Talk about your mega-bonus!!

Kenny is all class. I used to tend bar at Elario's in La Jolla while in college. I saw the best of the best. Bob Magnason and Sherman were with the "House" band. Bob(?) Plank on drums too. Kenny treated everyone with such respect. I even invented a drink (non alcoholic) for Bob Magnason called..."The MAG"..LOL..Great times great memories

Bob’s solo is masterful

Kenny Burrell taught a jazz class on Duke Ellington when I was at Ucla in the 80s. He was very humble and unassuming. We had no idea of who he was until a guest speaker talked about him. He's an awesome guitarist.

Here's one guy that doesn't need anything but a straight up acoustic to sound absolutely wonderful! Go Kenny!

Kenny Burrell - one amazing guitarist that's for sure - just beautiful!

Masterful! The definition of tasty chops.

His balance is just, impeccable really. Every thing he does makes sense, even when he gets more into the technical spectrum. Life assumes new meaning filtered through the concepts of his guitar work. God send us more musicians of his caliber and taste!

Kenny Burrell, old school, most uniq and jazz classics phenomenal musician! Just love his music!

One of the masters! wonderful, thanks.

This is how one of the all time greats plays a great song

Mr. Fergusson, Mr. Magnusson, and Mr. Burrell are Spectacular! Awesome talent!

Brilliant interpreation, one of the best I've heard... Thx for posting

this is just ....amazing. its so seamless, intricate, and the energy...

Beautiful tone and touch. A great player on a great tune. This will cure what ails you. Bravo.

Superb chord melody playing One of the masters on the guitar Thanks for posting

Love how he goes into "Do What You Got To Do" at the end as well. I was introduced to Kenny's music by his wonderful "God Bless The Child" release and went back further from there.Recognized the name in my dad's jazz collection which he also had Midnight Blue.....dad's taste wasn't bad after all!

I'm in class with Kenny right now, he asked me to look up some of his vids!... haha

The excellence of jazz guitar giant Kenny Burrell on full display. BBKing says Kenny is his favorite and one of the all time greats. I agree and Bob and Sherman are wonderful trio mates, soloing with aplomb and technical assurance.

one of my all time favorite guitarists, dig him playing a steel string acoustic!...also, I swear, you know how they have that "missing limb" phenomenon where you feel your arm or leg even if it is missing?...I could hear a piano and /or trumpet in the song`s head in the background, no doubt as a result of listening to the orginal version of this song a billion times

OUTSTANDING! Thanks for the post and the inspiration!

Thank you so much for posting this, it's so awesome. KB is definitely one of my favourite players, along with Grant Green. So much blues in his lines, just love him.

Happy Birthday Mr. Guitar! Keep the strings singing! You are GENIUS!

Oh yeah ,one of my favourite guitarist.Superb version.Great musicians with KB too.

still listening to the great music of the Jazz pioneers, unsurpassed masters.

Que hermoso tema, yo lo escuche en la radio KK GGO Los Angeles en los años 80 y quede maravillado. Gracias por compartir....

Kenny has a unique talent for playing his style of jazz. I like how he harmonizes his notes with great tasting guitar chords.

My gosh, this is great 😀😀😀

this 's the best version of this tune ever !

This is so killer. Thank you.

Aaaah yes! The man never disappoints. He epitomizes smooth. I have been a fan since 1964(Midnight Blue). Thank you for this post. I got to put seeing him perform live on my Bucketlist.

Thanks for this! Great stuff!!! None better than Kenny Burrell. Say, I see by the credits at the end that this was produced for public television by the local PBS station in San Diego. 170 million Americans use public broadcasting. Plus YOU and everyone else who watches this! Without public TV and radio we wouldn't have this treasure nor all the thousands of hours of other wonderful stuff. Keep supporting public broadcasting... and let your senator and congressperson know, so they will.

Kenny Burrell, Gabor Szabo, Pat Metheny. My three favorite guitarists. Kenny is pure Class.

he was one of my favorites also one of my first influences with the Edgar Winter Jazz quartet in 1962

Great music & acoustic guitar sound.Bob Magnusson on bass and Sherman Ferguson on drums - superb.Thanks for posting this.More please!

@6stringdaveyM You have summed it up far better than i ever could....had to give you a thumbs up.

IMO, Bob Magnusson is the most underrated bassist still alive on the west coast. Also he is a super nice guy with a great attitude.

Really great playing - magnificent

I'm copping Kenny's take on this required standard. There are some VERY interesting options to explore over the V chord leading to the turnaround.

Cool and bluesy , that´s Kenny Burrell .

That was great! Thanks!

He took one of my favorite jazz songs and ran with it. Pretty awesome :-)

we love the cool burrell style double woof

shivers at that drum solo

This is so good! On an acoustic none the less.

this is my favorite version of this tune

gonna be singing for him in the gospel choir this saturday for his 80th celebration and BB KING is gonna be there ^^

have MIDNIGHT BLUE on vinyl,, ooh man, what good stuff!

Love the use of both flat top and his jazz electric. Nice job.

Great jazz ! Thanks a lot

You should all hear Kenny playing on Chet baker's album "Chet For lovers" & the track "everything depends on you." It is some of the best comping I have ever heard. It's perfect.

Fraseado monstro! O timbre desse violão de aço dele é animal também, e a guitarra então... Sem comentários, ele passeia pelo tema que é muito louco, diga-se de passagem. Lembro que assistia ao Club Date quando era transmitido na TV Cultura. Se não me engano, depois do Kenny veio o Joe Pass (solo e com esses mesmos músicos da casa, que são excelentes também). Saudade, ao mesmo me sinto privilegiado em poder curtir isso novamente tanto tempo depois. Tenho tudo gravado em VHS! Valeu!

What a man Kenny Burrell :D

This a tremendous version of the ""Kind of Blue" classic!

Que grande admiración absoluta Kenny ❤️❤️

Duke Ellington's favourite guitarist !

Great stuff !

amazing

grande chitarrista e ancora di più come musicista !

How can anyone dislike? Is Greeeaaaaaaatttttttttt...

now this is good music.

ESPETACULAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fantástico........!!!

I got to play with Kenny in Japan in the 90's

can you say smooth!? beauty.

How can anyone give this a thumbs down? 🤨

Great !!!

Awesome!

jus like that thank you

I love jazz guitar players and doublebass solos

i think jimi once was quoted as saying 'i am just trying to sound like jimi hendrix'...now diehard Kenny Burrell fans would say that jimi didnt do a very good job. I love both. Kennys album Midnight Blue is exceptional.

Kenny's the best

Yeah, and I like the versions played on this show better than the ones that he actually recorded. Sounds so much better stripped down. I wish there was an album of this.

This is the first time that I have checked out Kenny and the reason that I did so was after watching a video where Peter Frampton cited Kenny as a major Jazz influence of his along with Wes Montgomery .

Kenny's great........opened up some areas for me in my playing.......Hendrix has been quoted in saying who was a better player (Terry Kath....Phil Kegy) than him or who influence him (Johnny Guitar Watson)..........but Burrell was his favorite to listen to.

@berttnj To answer my own question and FYI it's from "god bless the child" and it's called "do what you gotta do" this is the outro song during the credits. This man is genius!

que buen tema!!!

At times, I could swear I'm hearing what surely must be a hollow-bodied electric. How the heck is this man getting that tone out of a acoustic w/o an pickups?!!!!!! Ok, that's it....must....find.....all....things Kenny Burrell. WOW.

5:35 I love how the drummer's hitting a cymbal on the 'and's of each beat

I had no idea Kenny played an acoustic guitar. I haven't heard a ton of his recordings but still, I'd heard enough to think I knew he was playing an electric. Anyway, the opening of this version really made me hear Miles' tune anew. There's much to be said about hearing jazz chestnuts horn-free.

What wondrous fingers, like long spider legs! And to think he is his own rhythm guitarist! Kenny wrote the jazz blues dictionary with Grant Geen, and we are so lucky that he is still trailblazing. Great work from the 'Ssons', too.

YEAR PLEASE!!!!!!!!

I fully agree

Classe pura

quelles émotion d'entendre ce merveilleux guitariste qui est une légende du jazz! phrasé mélodique,spirituel...didier d'agostino batteur sur youyube,ex rhoda .scott.

He transformed the guitar only with his chops!

I sort of knew his voice would would sound like that!

represent the 313. rock on!

yesssssss

this is how you play blues

real drive!!

Thats ...😁👍

@jazzdings Stimmt, da hast du Recht. Den Video habe ich sogar unter meine wenige Favoriten geaddt.

Yes. As I mentioned, when asked who their favorite jazz guitarist was, all three said it was Kenny.

when i was young i used to watch a tv program where jazz musicians would use childrens toys and all these random objects to get percussive and even melodic sounds during the concerts. are there video's like that on youtube.