Guitar Forms
{{Infobox album
| name = Guitar Forms
| type = studio
| artist = Kenny Burrell
| cover = guitarforms.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1965
| recorded = December 4, 15, 1964, Webster Hall, New York City, New York, April 6, 12, 1965, Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 38:31
| label = Verve
| producer = Creed Taylor
| prev_title = Freedom
| prev_year = 1963-64
| next_title = The Tender Gender
| next_year = 1965
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/r136114 |title=Guitar Forms - Kenny Burrell | AllMusic |first=Richard S. |last=Ginell |work=allmusic.com |year=2011 |accessdate=18 July 2011}}
| rev2 = Record Mirror
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite magazine |last1=Jones |first1=Peter |author-link1=Peter Jones (journalist) |last2= Jopling |first2= Norman |date=23 October 1965 |title=Kenny Burrell: Guitar Forms |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/65/Record-Mirror-1965-10-23.pdf |magazine=Record Mirror |issue=241 |page=11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401225529/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/65/Record-Mirror-1965-10-23.pdf |archive-date=1 April 2022|access-date=18 August 2022}}
| rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
| rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|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=201}}
|rev4 = DownBeat
|rev4score = {{Rating|5|5}}DownBeat magazine, November 4, 1965, p. 26
| rev5 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev5Score = {{rating|5|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
}}
}}
Guitar Forms is a 1965 album by Kenny Burrell, featuring arrangements by Gil Evans. Evans' orchestra appears on five of the album's nine tracks, including the nearly 9-minute "Lotus Land". Three tracks are blues numbers in a small group format and there is one solo performance: "Prelude #2".
Reception
In 1966, the album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Jazz Performance – Large Group or Soloist with Large Group, for Best Album Cover – Photography, and Gil Evans was nominated for Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist or Instrumentalist for "Greensleeves".{{cite web |title=1965 Grammy Winners |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/8th-annual-grammy-awards |website=grammy.com |access-date=August 29, 2022}}
Track listing
- "Downstairs" (Elvin Jones) – 2:53
- "Lotus Land" (Cyril Scott) – 9:38
- "Terrace Theme" (Joe Benjamin) – 4:02
- "Prelude No. 2" (George Gershwin) – 2:17
- "Moon and Sand" (William Engvick, Morty Palitz, Alec Wilder) – 4:16
- "Loie" (Kenny Burrell) – 3:19
- "Greensleeves" (Traditional) – 4:12
- "Last Night When We Were Young" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) – 4:34
- "Breadwinner" (Burrell) – 3:00
- : Alternative tracks included on the Verve Jazz Masters reissue:
- "Downstairs" – 4:11
- "Downstairs" – 3:06
- "Downstairs" – 2:38
- "Downstairs" – 2:36
- "Terrace Theme" – 2:59
- "Terrace Theme" – 3:58
- "Terrace Theme" – 4:09
- "Breadwinner" – 3:51
- "Breadwinner" – 3:49
- "Breadwinner" – 3:17
- "Breadwinner" – 3:04
Personnel
=Combo=
- Kenny Burrell - guitar
- Roger Kellaway - piano
- Joe Benjamin - double bass
- Grady Tate - drums
- Willie Rodriguez - conga
= Orchestra =
- Gil Evans - arranged & conducted
- Kenny Burrell - guitar
- Johnny Coles or Louis Mucci - trumpet
- Jimmy Cleveland & Jimmy Knepper - trombone
- Andy Fitzgerald - flute & English horn
- Ray Beckenstein - alto flute, flute & bass clarinet
- George Marge - English horn & flute or Richie Kamuca - tenor sax & oboe
- Lee Konitz - alto saxophone
- Steve Lacy - soprano saxophone
- Bob Tricarico - tenor sax, bassoon & flute
- Ray Alonge or Julius Watkins - french horn
- Bill Barber - tuba
- Ron Carter - double bass
- Elvin Jones & Charlie Persip - drums & percussion
=Production=
Charts
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|+Chart performance for Guitar Forms ! scope="col"| Chart (2024) ! scope="col"| Peak |
scope="row"| Croatian International Albums (HDU){{cite web |url=https://www.top-lista.hr/www/lista-prodaje-strano-25-tjedan-2024/|title=Lista prodaje 25. tjedan 2024.|date=June 10, 2024|publisher=HDU |language=hr|access-date=June 29, 2024|archive-date=June 29, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240629090358/https://www.top-lista.hr/www/lista-prodaje-strano-25-tjedan-2024/|url-status=dead}}
| 30 |
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