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Kenny Burrell: Freedom

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Marc Myers
Oct 24, 2017
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In March 1963, guitarist Kenny Burrell was at Rudy Van Gelder's studio in New Jersey to record for Blue Note. For whatever reason, the musicians on the date only could manage to get through three songs, with each one requiring a high number of takes. Burrell returned to Van Gelder's studio in October 1964 to record five more with a completely different …

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