High Quality, Limited Edition
Blue Lights, Volume 1 shows Kenny Burrell as an architect of late-night groove. The guitar is supple, cutting, always blues-soaked, set on tempos that breathe. Nothing showy: every phrase lands clean, every silence matters. Burrell converses, suggests, lets the horns ignite, then dims the lights again. An urban record, elegant without distance, where the swing moves softly and strikes precisely when you least expect it, with calm confidence and an acute sense of timing overall.[info sheet from distr.]