Guitar Forms

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Guitar Forms
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Studio album by
Kenny Burrell
Released1965
RecordedDecember 4, 15, 1964, Webster Hall, New York City, New York, April 6, 12, 1965, Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length38:31
LabelVerve
ProducerCreed Taylor
Kenny Burrell chronology
Freedom
(1963-64) 		Guitar Forms
(1965) 		The Tender Gender
(1965)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllmusicStarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg[1]
Record MirrorStarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz RecordingsStarStarStarHalf star [3]
DownBeatStarStarStarStarStar[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record GuideStarStarStarStarStar[5]

Guitar Forms is a 1965 album by Kenny Burrell, featuring arrangements by Gil Evans.[1] 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

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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".[6]

Track listing

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  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
    Alternative tracks included on the Verve Jazz Masters reissue:
  10. "Downstairs" – 4:11
  11. "Downstairs" – 3:06
  12. "Downstairs" – 2:38
  13. "Downstairs" – 2:36
  14. "Terrace Theme" – 2:59
  15. "Terrace Theme" – 3:58
  16. "Terrace Theme" – 4:09
  17. "Breadwinner" – 3:51
  18. "Breadwinner" – 3:49
  19. "Breadwinner" – 3:17
  20. "Breadwinner" – 3:04

Personnel

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Combo

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Orchestra

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Production

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Charts

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Chart performance for Guitar Forms
Chart (2024) Peak
position
Croatian International Albums (HDU)[7] 30

References

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