Bluesin' Around
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{{Infobox album
| name = Bluesin' Around
| type = Studio
| artist = Kenny Burrell
| cover = Bluesin' Around.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1983
| recorded = November 21 & 29, 1961, March 6, 1962 and April 30, 1962
New York City
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 37:05
| label = Columbia
FC 38507
| producer = John Hammond
| chronology = Kenny Burrell
| prev_title = Weaver of Dreams
| prev_year = 1961
| next_title = Bluesy Burrell
| next_year = 1963
}}
Bluesin' Around is an album by guitarist Kenny Burrell, recorded in 1961 and 1962 and first released on the Columbia label in 1983.[http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician_discography.php?id=5479#anchor119 All About Jazz Kenny Burrell discography] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080331185644/http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician_discography.php?id=5479#anchor119 |date=March 31, 2008 }} accessed August 2, 2012
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
|rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| author-link =
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = 33
}}
}}
AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars, stating that "the results, even with a few dated numbers such as 'Mambo Twist', are excellent"."Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/bluesin-around-mw0000426097 AllMusic Review], accessed August 2, 2012
Track listing
All compositions by Kenny Burrell except as indicated
- "Mambo Twist" - 5:06
- "The Switch" - 3:04
- "The Squeeze" - 4:17
- "Bluesin' Around" - 3:42
- "Bye and Bye" (Traditional) - 2:50
- "Moten Swing" (Bennie Moten) - 6:20
- "People Will Say We're in Love" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) - 3:41
- "One Mint Julep" (Rudy Toombs) - 3:25
- "Mood Indigo" (Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) - 4:40
- Recorded in New York City on November 21, 1961 (tracks 1 & 2), November 29, 1961 (tracks 3, 5 & 9), March 6, 1962 (track 4) and April 30, 1962 (tracks 6-8)
Personnel
- Kenny Burrell - guitar
- Eddie Bert - trombone (track 4)
- Illinois Jacquet - tenor saxophone (tracks 1-3, 5 & 9)
- Leo Wright - alto saxophone (tracks 6-8)
- Hank Jones - piano (tracks 1-5 & 9)
- Jack McDuff - organ (tracks 6-8)
- George Duvivier (track 4), Major Holley (tracks 1-3, 5 & 9) - bass
- Osie Johnson (tracks 1 & 2), Louis Hayes (track 4), Jimmy Crawford (tracks 3, 5 & 9), Joe Dukes (tracks 6-8) - drums