''Generation'' is a live album by guitarist

Kenny Burrell Kenneth Earl Burrell (born July 31, 1931) is an American jazz guitarist known for his work on numerous top jazz labels: Prestige, Blue Note, Verve, CTI, Muse, and Concord. His collaborations with Jimmy Smith were notable, and produced the 1965 ...

and the Jazz Guitar Band recorded at the

Village Vanguard The Village Vanguard is a jazz club at Seventh Avenue South in Greenwich Village, New York City. The club was opened on February 22, 1935, by Max Gordon. Originally, the club presented folk music and beat poetry, but it became primarily a jazz ...

in New York in 1986 and released on the relaunched

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label.Kenny Burrell catalog
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Reception

The

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review by Scott Yanow noted "On this set, Kenny Burrell teams up with a couple of younger players in what he calls his "Jazz Guitar Band." The only trouble is that it is next to impossible to tell Burrell apart from Rodney Jones or Bobby Broom; they all sound nearly alike. ... the result is some fine bop-oriented music, but little that is very memorable".

Track listing

# ''Announcements by Kenny Burrell'' – 0:51 # "Generation" (Llew Matthews) – 6:59 # " High Fly" (

Randy Weston Randolph Edward "Randy" Weston (April 6, 1926 – September 1, 2018) was an American jazz pianist and composer whose creativity was inspired by his ancestral African connection. Weston's piano style owed much to Duke Ellington and Thelonious ...

) – 8:51 # "Jumpin' the Blues" (

Jay McShann James Columbus "Jay" McShann (January 12, 1916 – December 7, 2006) was an American jazz pianist, vocalist, composer, and bandleader. He led bands in Kansas City, Missouri, that included Charlie Parker, Bernard Anderson, Walter Brown, and B ...

Charlie Parker Charles Parker Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), nicknamed "Bird" or "Yardbird", was an American jazz saxophonist, band leader and composer. Parker was a highly influential soloist and leading figure in the development of bebop, a form ...

, Walter Brown) – 3:04 # " Lover Man" ( Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman) – 7:16 # "Medley:" ## "Dolphin Dance" ( Herbie Hancock) – 4:12 Additional track on CD release ## "

Naima "Naima" ( ) is a jazz ballad composed by John Coltrane in 1959 that he named after his then-wife, Juanita Naima Grubbs. Coltrane first recorded it for his 1959 album '' Giant Steps'', and it became one of his first well-known works. History Co ...

" (

John Coltrane John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Born and raise ...

) – 2:43 Additional track on CD release ## "Star Crossed Lovers" ( Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) – 2:47 Additional track on CD release ## "

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John Klenner John Klenner (24 February 1899 – 13 August 1955) was a German-born American pianist and composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are compos ...

, Sam M. Lewis) – 6:52 Additional track on CD release # "Mark I" (Kenny Burrell) – 11:00 # "So Little Time" (Burrell) – 6:51 # "Fungii Mama" (

Blue Mitchell Richard Allen "Blue" Mitchell (March 13, 1930 – May 21, 1979) was an American trumpeter and composer who worked in jazz, rhythm and blues, soul, rock and funk. He recorded albums as leader and sideman for Riverside, Mainstream Records, and ...

) – 6:11

Personnel

– acoustic guitar,

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, arranger *

Bobby Broom Robert Broom Jr. (born January 18, 1961) is an American jazz guitarist, composer, and educator. He was born and raised in New York City, then moved to Chicago, which has been his home town since 1984. He performs and records with The Bobby Broo ...

, Rodney Jones – guitar, electric guitar *Dave Jackson – bass * Kenny Washington – drums

References

{{Kenny Burrell Kenny Burrell live albums 1987 live albums Blue Note Records live albums Albums recorded at the Village Vanguard