Guiding Spirit
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{{Infobox album
| name = Guiding Spirit
| type = Live album
| artist = Kenny Burrell Quartet featuring Jay Hoggard
| cover = Guiding Spirit.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1990
| recorded = August 4 & 5, 1989
| venue = Village Vanguard, NYC
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 55:46 CD release with additional track
| label = Contemporary
C-14058
| producer = Helen Keane
| chronology = Kenny Burrell
| prev_title = Pieces of Blue and the Blues
| prev_year = 1988
| next_title = Sunup to Sundown
| next_year = 1991
}}
Guiding Spirit is a live album by guitarist Kenny Burrell's quartet featuring vibraphonist Jay Hoggard recorded at the Village Vanguard in New York in 1989 and released on the Contemporary label.[https://www.jazzdisco.org/contemporary-records/catalog-14000-series/#c-14058 Contemporary Records Catalog: 14000 series]. Retrieved January 6, 2019[https://www.jazzdisco.org/kenny-burrell/catalog/#contemporary-c-14058 Kenny Burrell catalog]. Retrieved January 6, 2019
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
}}
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow noted "This "live at the Village Vanguard" CD has a combination that works ... This strong straightahead outing is one of Kenny Burrell's better sets from the past decade".{{Allmusic|first=Scott|last=Yanow|class=album |id= mw0000689934 |title=Kenny Burrell: Guiding Spirit – Review |accessdate=January 6, 2019}}
Track listing
- "Calling You" (Bob Telson) – 9:10
- "Main Stem" (Duke Ellington) – 6:04
- "In a Sentimental Mood" (Ellington. Manny Kurtz, Irving Mills) – 4:50
- "Moment's Notice" (John Coltrane) – 4:32
- "Guiding Spirit" (Jay Hoggard) – 6:50
- "Soul Eyes" (Mal Waldron) – 7:48
- "Midnight Blue" (Kenny Burrell) – 4:39
- "In Walked Bud" (Thelonious Monk) – 4:22
- "Gift for You" (Yoron Israel) – 7:31 Additional track on CD release
Personnel
- Kenny Burrell – guitar, arranger
- Jay Hoggard – vibraphone, arranger
- Marcus McLaurine – bass
- Yoron Israel – drums, arranger