Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane

Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane is an album credited to jazz musicians Kenny Burrell and John Coltrane. Recorded on March 7, 1958, it was originally released on the New Jazz label as NJ 8276 in 1963, then reissued in 1967 on Prestige as PRLP 7532, with a different cover and retitled The Kenny Burrell Quintet With John Coltrane.

Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane
Studio album by Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane
Released	May 1963
Recorded	March 7, 1958
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	37:20
Label	New Jazz NJ 8276
Producer	Bob Weinstock
Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane chronology
Soultrane (1958) Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane (1963) Giant Steps (1960)
Alternative cover
The Kenny Burrell Quintet With John Coltrane (PR 7532, 1968)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]

Lindsay Planer of Allmusic gave it 4 stars, stating: "While not one of Coltrane's most assured performances, he chases the groove right into the hands of Burrell. The guitarist spins sonic gold and seems to inspire similar contributions from Chambers' bowed bass and Coltrane alike."[1]

Track listing

1. "Freight Trane" (Tommy Flanagan) — 7:18
2. "I Never Knew" (Ted Fio Rito, Gus Kahn) — 7:04
3. "Lyresto" (Kenny Burrell) — 5:41
4. "Why Was I Born?" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) — 3:12
5. "Big Paul" (Tommy Flanagan) — 14:05

Personnel

• Kenny Burrell — guitar
• John Coltrane — tenor saxophone
• Tommy Flanagan — piano
• Paul Chambers — bass
• Jimmy Cobb — drums

References

1. Planer, Lindsay. "Kenny Burrell and John Coltrane review". Allmusic.
2. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 46. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
3. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.