God Bless the Child (Kenny Burrell album)
{{short description|1971 album by Kenny Burrell}}
{{Infobox album
| name = God Bless the Child
| type = Album
| artist = Kenny Burrell
| cover = God Bless the Child (Kenny Burrell album).jpg
| alt =
| released = 1971
| recorded = April 28 and May 11 & 25, 1971
| venue =
| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
| genre = Jazz
| length = 49:52
| label = CTI
CTI 6011
| producer = Creed Taylor
| chronology = Kenny Burrell
| prev_title = Asphalt Canyon Suite
| prev_year = 1969
| next_title = 'Round Midnight
| next_year = 1972
}}
God Bless the Child is an album by American jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell featuring performances recorded in 1971 and released on the CTI label.[http://www.dougpayne.com/ctid7072.htm#godbless CTI Records discography] accessed February 20, 2012
Reception
The Allmusic review states "This is Burrell at his level best as a player to be sure, but also as a composer and as a bandleader. Magnificent".Jurek, T. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/god-bless-the-child-r1962492/review Allmusic Review] accessed February 16, 2012
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}} {{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=202}}
}}
Track listing
All compositions by Kenny Burrell except where noted
- "Be Yourself" - 5:56
- "Love Is the Answer" - 4:54
- "Do What You Gotta Do" - 9:35
- "A Child Is Born" (Thad Jones) - 8:37
- "God Bless the Child" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.) - 8:55
- "Ballad of the Sad Young Men" (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) - 2:19
- "Lost in the Stars" (Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson) - 2:27
- "A Child Is Born" [alternate take] (Jones) - 7:09
:*Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on April 28 (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 8), May 11 (tracks 4 & 7) and May 25 (tracks 2 & 6), 1971
Tracks 6-8 are bonus tracks on CD issues, not on the original LP.
Personnel
- Kenny Burrell - electric guitar
- Freddie Hubbard - trumpet (except tracks 6 & 7)
- Hubert Laws - flute (except tracks 6 & 7)
- Richard Wyands - piano, electric piano (except tracks 6 & 7)
- Hugh Lawson - electric piano (except tracks 6 & 7)
- Ron Carter - bass (except tracks 6 & 7)
- Billy Cobham - drums (except tracks 6 & 7)
- Ray Barretto, Airto Moreira - percussion (except tracks 6 & 7)
- Seymour Barab, Charles McCracken, George Ricci, Lucien Schmit, Alan Shulman - cello (except tracks 6 & 7)
- Don Sebesky - arranger, conductor
References
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Category:Albums produced by Creed Taylor