MEDIUM Vinyl Record
WEIGHT 180gr (black Vinyl) 33rpm
CONDITION sealed
COVER Gatefold
CONDITION COVER M mint
COVER DAMAGES No, we take care about that
SERIALNUMBER No
LIMITED Yes
MISCELLANEOUS Stereo
MUSICIAN HOMEPAGE --
Kenny Burrell - guitar
Freddie Hubbard - trumpet
Hubert Laws - flute
Richard Wyands - piano, electric piano
Hugh Lawson - electric piano
Ron Carter - bass
Billy Cobham - drums
Ray Barretto - percussion
Airto Moreira - percussion
Seymour Barab - cello
Charles McCracken - cello
George Ricci - cello
Lucien Schmit - cello
Alan Shulman - cello
Don Sebesky - arranger, conductor
be yourself - 5:56
love is the answer - 4:54
do what you gotta do - 9:35
a child is born - 8:37
god bless the child - 8:55
Kenny Burrell's guitar artistry is well-documented in his years with Oscar Peterson and on his first dates as a leader on the Blue Note label, but "God Bless The Child", his only date for CTI in 1971, is an under-heard masterpiece in his catalogue
CTI's house arranger, Don Sebesky, assembled and conducted the strings in a manner that stands strangely and beautifully apart from his other work on the label
Sebesky understood Burrell's understated approach to playing guitar
Burrell didn't belong with the fusioneers, but he could groove better than any of them
Sebesky built a moody, atmospheric soundscape behind him, one that was as impressionistic as it was illuminating of a player who could dig in and chop it up -- as he does on his own composition "Love Is the Answer" and "Do What You Gotta Do" -- and stroke it smooth and mellow as on the title track, the truly sublime "Be Yourself", and Thad Jones' "A Child Is Born"
This is Burrell at his level best as a player to be sure, but also as a composer and as a bandleader
Magnificent
RECORDING April 28, May 11 and 25 1971 at van Gelder Studio Englewood Cliffs
ENGINEERING Rudy van Gelder
LABEL CTI
RE MASTERING Ray Staff
RE RELEASED May 2015
AVERAGE RATING 4 ½ Stars out of 5
PRESSING by Pallas Germany
MADE IN England / Germany
STYLE Jazz / Bop / Hard Bop
AVAILABLE as long as inventory stock
