Blue Lights (album)

Blue Lights is an album by American jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell recorded in 1958 and released on the Blue Note label as two 12 inch LPs entitled Volume 1 and Volume 2.[1] The cover features artwork by Andy Warhol.[2] The album was subsequently reissued (with a re-ordered track sequence) as separate CDs and a two disc set combining Volume 1 and Volume 2.

Blue Lights
Studio album by Kenny Burrell
Released	1958
Recorded	May 14, 1958
Genre	Jazz
Length	48:26 (Volume 1) 39:08 (Volume 2)
Label	Blue Note
Producer	Alfred Lion
Kenny Burrell chronology
Kenny Burrell and John Coltrane (1958) Blue Lights (1958) On View at the Five Spot Cafe (1959)

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Guitarist Kenny Burrell leads a very coherent jam session in the studio with a particularly strong cast".[3]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Down Beat	[4]
AllMusic	[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Kenny Burrell except as indicated

Volume 1

1. "Yes Baby" - 11:15
2. "Scotch Blues" (Duke Jordan) - 8:00
3. "Autumn in New York" (Vernon Duke) - 5:44
4. "Caravan" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol) - 9:55

Volume 2

1. "Rock Salt" - 11:19
2. "The Man I Love" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 6:47
3. "Chuckin'" (Sam Jones) - 12:10
4. "Phinupi" - 9:47

Bonus track on CD reissue

1. "I Never Knew" (Ted Fio Rito, Gus Kahn) - 12:37

• Recorded at Manhattan Towers in New York City on May 14, 1958.

Personnel

• Kenny Burrell - guitar
• Louis Smith - trumpet
• Tina Brooks (Volume 1: tracks 2, 3 & 5; Volume 2: tracks 1-3), Junior Cook (Volume 1: tracks 1-3 & 5; Volume 2: tracks 1-3) - tenor saxophone
• Duke Jordan (Volume 1), Bobby Timmons (Volume 2) - piano
• Sam Jones - bass
• Art Blakey - drums

References

1. Blue Note Records discography accessed January 20, 2011
2. Vaziri, A. Warhol's Greatest Album Covers, San Francisco Chronicle, February 8, 2009.
3. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed January 20, 2011
4. Down Beat: April 12, 1962 Vol. 29, No. 8