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

  1. "Downstairs" (Elvin Jones) – 2:53
  2. "Lotus Land" (Cyril Scott) – 9:38
  3. "Terrace Theme" (Joe Benjamin) – 4:02
  4. "Prelude No. 2" (George Gershwin) – 2:17
  5. "Moon and Sand" (William Engvick, Morty Palitz, Alec Wilder) – 4:16
  6. "Loie" (Kenny Burrell) – 3:19
  7. "Greensleeves" (Traditional) – 4:12
  8. "Last Night When We Were Young" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) – 4:34
  9. "Breadwinner" (Burrell) – 3:00
  10. : Alternative tracks included on the Verve Jazz Masters reissue:
  11. "Downstairs" – 4:11
  12. "Downstairs" – 3:06
  13. "Downstairs" – 2:38
  14. "Downstairs" – 2:36
  15. "Terrace Theme" – 2:59
  16. "Terrace Theme" – 3:58
  17. "Terrace Theme" – 4:09
  18. "Breadwinner" – 3:51
  19. "Breadwinner" – 3:49
  20. "Breadwinner" – 3:17
  21. "Breadwinner" – 3:04

Personnel

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Charts

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|+Chart performance for Guitar Forms

! scope="col"| Chart (2024)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

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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