God Bless the Child (Kenny Burrell album)

God Bless the Child
God Bless the Child
Studio album by Kenny Burrell
Released	1971
Recorded	April 28 and May 11 & 25, 1971
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	49:52
Label	CTI; CTI 6011
Producer	Creed Taylor
Kenny Burrell chronology

Released1971

RecordedApril 28 and May 11 & 25, 1971

StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

GenreJazz

God Bless the Child is an album by American jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell featuring performances recorded in 1971 and released on the CTI label.^[1]

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Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

v t e Kenny Burrell
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
Leader or co-leader	All Night Long (1956) Introducing Kenny Burrell (1956) Kenny Burrell (Blue Note album, 1956) Swingin' (1956–59) All Day Long (Prestige All-Stars, 1957) Earthy (1957) John Jenkins with Kenny Burrell (with John Jenkins, 1957) K. B. Blues (1957) Kenny Burrell (aka Blue Moods, Prestige, 1957) 2 Guitars (with Jimmy Raney, 1957) Blue Lights (1958) Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane (1958) Weaver of Dreams (1960–61) Bluesin' Around (1961–62) Bluesy Burrell (with Coleman Hawkins, 1962) Crash (with Brother Jack McDuff, 1963) Freedom (1963–64) Midnight Blue (1963) Guitar Forms (with Gil Evans, 1964–65) Soul Call (1964) Travelin' Light (and Shirley Scott, 1964) A Generation Ago Today (1966–67) Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas (1966) The Tender Gender (1966) Blues – The Common Ground (1967–68) Ode to 52nd Street (1967) Night Song (1968–69) Asphalt Canyon Suite (1969) God Bless the Child (1971) 'Round Midnight (1972) Both Feet on the Ground (1973) Sky Street (1974) Stormy Monday (1974) Up the Street, 'Round the Corner, Down the Block (1974) Ellington Is Forever (1975) Ellington Is Forever Volume Two (1975) Tin Tin Deo (1977) Handcrafted (1978) When Lights Are Low (1978) Moon and Sand (1979) Heritage (1980) Listen to the Dawn (1980) Groovin' High (1981) Togethering (1985) Sunup to Sundown (1991) Lotus Blossom (1995)
Live albums	A Night at the Vanguard (1959) On View at the Five Spot Cafe (with Art Blakey, 1959) Prime: Live at the Downtown Room (1976) Kenny Burrell Live at the Village Vanguard (1978) Kenny Burrell in New York (1978) A la Carte (1983) Ellington a la Carte (1983) One Night with Blue Note (1985) Generation (1986) Pieces of Blue and the Blues (1986) Guiding Spirit (1989) Then Along Came Kenny (1993)
With Johnny Hodges	Blue Rabbit (and Wild Bill Davis, 1963) Sandy's Gone (1963) Mess of Blues (and Wild Bill Davis, 1964) Blue Notes (1966) Stride Right (and Earl Hines, 1966)
With Milt Jackson	Bags & Flutes (1957) Bean Bags (with Coleman Hawkins, 1958) Soul Meeting (with Ray Charles, 1958) Vibrations (1960–61) Much in Common (with Ray Brown, 1964)
With Jimmy Smith	House Party (1957–58) Softly as a Summer Breeze (1958) Six Views of the Blues (1958) The Sermon (1958) Home Cookin' (1958–59) Back at the Chicken Shack (1960) Midnight Special (1960) Any Number Can Win (1963) Blue Bash! (co-led, 1963) The Cat (1964) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1964) Christmas '64 (1964) Monster (1965) Organ Grinder Swing (1965) Got My Mojo Workin' (1965) Hoochie Coochie Man (1966)
With Stanley Turrentine	Jubilee Shout!!! (1962) Hustlin' (1964) Joyride (1965) Always Something There (1968) The Look of Love (1968) The Sugar Man (1971)
With others	Just Wailin' (Herbie Mann, Charlie Rouse and Mal Waldron, 1957) Little Big Horn (Nat Adderley, 1963) Funky (Gene Ammons, 1957) Jammin' in Hi Fi with Gene Ammons (1957) Bad! Bossa Nova (Gene Ammons, 1962) My Kinda Swing (Ernestine Anderson, 1960) Chet (Chet Baker, 1958–59) Baby Breeze (Chet Baker, 1964) West Side Story Bossa Nova (Bill Barron, 1963) Tony Bennett at Carnegie Hall (Tony Bennett, 1962) Dear Ella (Dee Dee Bridgewater, 1997) Please Please Please (James Brown and The Famous Flames, 1959) Try Me! (James Brown and The Famous Flames, 1959) Motor City Scene (Donald Byrd, 1960) A New Perspective (Donald Byrd, 1963) Up with Donald Byrd (Donald Byrd, 1964) 'Round Midnight (Betty Carter, 1962–63) Whims of Chambers (Paul Chambers, 1956) Bass on Top (Paul Chambers, 1957) Sonny Clark Quintets (Sonny Clark, 1958) Blossom Dearie Sings Comden and Green (Blossom Dearie, 1959) My Gentleman Friend (Blossomn Dearie, 1959) 'Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia (Kenny Dorham, 1956) Quintessence (Bill Evans, 1976) The Individualism of Gil Evans (1964) Ph.D. (Art Farmer, 1989) Beyond the Blue Bird (Tommy Flanagan, 1990) The Cats (Tommy Flanagan, John Coltrane and Idrees Sulieman, 1957) No 'Count (Frank Foster, 1956) Yeah!!! (Aretha Franklin, 1965) Soul '69 (Aretha Franklin, 1968) Red Garland Revisited! (Red Garland, 1957) So Long Blues (Red Garland, 1979) Stepping Out (Red Garland, 1979) Reflections (Stan Getz, 1963) Getz Au Go Go (Stan Getz, 1964) What the World Needs Now: Stan Getz Plays Burt Bacharach and Hal David (Stan Getz, 1968) Take It from Me (Terry Gibbs, 1964) Dee Gee Days: The Savoy Sessions (Dizzy Gillespie, 1951) Cleopatra Feelin' Jazzy (Paul Gonsalves, 1963) Soul (Coleman Hawkins, 1958) The Hawk Relaxes (Coleman Hawkins, 1961) Cool Sax from Hollywood to Broadway (Eddie Harris, 1964) I Just Dropped by to Say Hello (Johnny Hartman, 1963) On the Trail (Jimmy Heath, 1964) Lady Sings the Blues (Billie Holiday, 1956) Loads of Love (Shirley Horn, 1962) Stormy Weather (Lena Horne, 1956–57) Bossa Nova Plus (Willis Jackson, 1962) The Message (Illinois Jacquet, 1963) Desert Winds (Illinois Jacquet, 1964) French Cookin' (Budd Johnson, 1963) Broadway Express (J.J. Johnson, 1965) Hollar! (Etta Jones, 1960–62) Love Shout (Etta Jones, 1962–63) Etta Jones Sings (Etta Jones, 1965) Porgy and Bess (Hank Jones, 1958) Here's Love (Hank Jones, 1963) Ain't Misbehavin' (Hank Jones, 1978) The Birth of a Band! (Quincy Jones, 1959) Quincy Plays for Pussycats (Quincy Jones, 1959–65) Detroit – New York Junction (Thad Jones, 1956) After Hours (Thad Jones, 1957) Piano (Wynton Kelly, 1958) Comin' in the Back Door (Wynton Kelly, 1963) It's All Right! (Wynton Kelly, 1964) Live at the Apollo (B.B. King, 1991) The Blue Yusef Lateef (1968) Laws' Cause (Hubert Laws, 1966–68) Melba Liston and Her 'Bones (1958) I'm Shooting High (Gildo Mahones, 1963) The Great Gildo (Gildo Mahones, 1963) Steppin' Out ("Brother" Jack McDuff, 1961–66) Screamin' ("Brother" Jack McDuff, 1962) Somethin' Slick! ("Brother" Jack McDuff, 1963) The Jazz Version of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" (Gary McFarland, 1961) Soft Samba (Gary McFarland, 1964) The In Sound (Gary McFarland, 1965) The Big Band (Jimmy McGriff, 1966) A Little Juicy (Billy Mitchell, 1963) Fusion! Wes Montgomery with Strings (1963) Sweet Harmony (Maria Muldaur, 1976) Bossa Nova Carnival (Dave Pike, 1962) Interplay for 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors (The Prestige All-Stars, 1957) Soul Samba (Ike Quebec, 1962) Midnight Oil (Jerome Richardson, 1958) Down to Earth (Freddie Roach, 1962) Mo' Greens Please (Freddie Roach, 1963) Alfie (Sonny Rollins, 1966) Bossa Nova Bacchanal (Charlie Rouse, 1962–65) Stable Mates (A.K. Salim, 1957) Once a Thief and Other Themes (Lalo Schifrin, 1965) Sylvia Is! (Sylvia Syms, 1965) Out of the Storm (Ed Thigpen, 1966) Soul Sauce (Cal Tjader, 1964) Warm Wave (Cal Jjader, 1964) What a Diff'rence a Day Makes! (Dinah Washington, 1959) Trombone Four-in-Hand (Dicky Wells, 1959) North, South, East....Wess (Frank Wess, 1956) Uhuru Afrika (Randy Weston, 1960) Soul Surfin' (Kai Winding, 1963) Rainy Day (Kai Winding, 1964–65) More Brass (Kai Winding, 1966) Baby, Baby, Baby (Jimmy Witherspoon, 1963) Blue Spoon (Jimmy Witherspoon, 1964) Suddenly the Blues (Leo Wright, 1962) Soul Talk (Leo Wright, 1963)

v t e Freddie Hubbard
Years given are for the recording(s), including the soundtrack albums, not first release.
Albums as leader or co-leader	Open Sesame (1960) Goin' Up (1960) Hub Cap (1961) Minor Mishap/Dedication! (Hubbard/Duke Pearson, 1961) Ready for Freddie (1961) The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard (1962) Hub-Tones (1962) Here to Stay (1962) The Body & the Soul (1963) Breaking Point! (1964) Jam Gems: Live at the Left Bank (with Jimmy Heath, 1965) The Night of the Cookers (1965) Blue Spirits (1965–66) Backlash (1966) High Blues Pressure (1967) A Soul Experiment (1968–69) The Black Angel (1969) The Hub of Hubbard (1970) Red Clay (1970) Straight Life (1970) Sing Me a Song of Songmy (with İlhan Mimaroğlu, 1970) First Light (1971) Polar AC (1971–73) Sky Dive (1972) Keep Your Soul Together (1973) Freddie Hubbard/Stanley Turrentine in Concert Volume One (1973) In Concert Volume Two (with Stanley Turrentine, 1974) High Energy (1974) Gleam (1975) Liquid Love (1975) Windjammer (1976) Bundle of Joy (1977) Super Blue (1978) The Love Connection (1979) Skagly (1979) Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival, 1980 (1980) The Alternate Blues (with Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie & Oscar Peterson, 1980) The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (with Terry, Gillespie & Peterson, 1980) Born to Be Blue (1981) Keystone Bop: Sunday Night (1981) Outpost (1981) Rollin' (1981) Splash (1981) Above & Beyond (1982) Back to Birdland (1982) Face to Face (with Oscar Peterson, 1982) Ride Like the Wind (1982) The Rose Tattoo (1983) Sweet Return (1983) Double Take (with Woody Shaw, 1985) Life Flight (1987) The Eternal Triangle (with Woody Shaw, 1987) Feel the Wind (with Art Blakey, 1988) Times Are Changing (1989) Topsy – Standard Book (1989) Bolivia (1990–91) At Jazz Jamboree Warszawa '91: A Tribute to Miles (1991) Live at Fat Tuesday's (1991) Blues for Miles (1992) MMTC: Monk, Miles, Trane & Cannon (1994–95) New Colors (2000) On the Real Side (2007)
With Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers	Mosaic (1961) Buhaina's Delight (1961) Blues March (1961) Three Blind Mice (1961) Caravan (1962) Ugetsu (1963) Kyoto (1964) Free for All (1964) Golden Boy (1965) Soul Finger (1965)
With Dexter Gordon	Doin' Allright (1961) Clubhouse (1965) Generation (1973) The Other Side of Round Midnight (1986)
With Herbie Hancock	Takin' Off (1962) Empyrean Isles (1964) Maiden Voyage (1965) Blow-Up (soundtrack album, 1966) V.S.O.P. (1977) V.S.O.P.: The Quintet (1977) V.S.O.P. Tempest in the Colosseum (1977) V.S.O.P. Live Under the Sky (1977) Round Midnight (soundtrack album, 1985)
With Bobby Hutcherson	Dialogue (1965) Components (1965) Knucklebean (1977) Highway One (1978)
With Quincy Jones	I Dig Dancers (1960) The Quintessence (1962) Golden Boy (1964) I/We Had a Ball (1964–65) Walking in Space (1969) Gula Matari (1970)
With Wayne Shorter	Wayning Moments (1961) Speak No Evil (1964) The Soothsayer (1965) The All Seeing Eye (1965)
With others	The Soul of the City (Manny Albam, 1966) The Other Side of Abbey Road (George Benson, 1969) Out of This World (Walter Benton, 1960) True Blue (Tina Brooks, 1960) God Bless the Child (Kenny Burrell, 1971) Cables' Vision (George Cables, 1979) Droppin' Things (Betty Carter, 1990) Free Jazz (Ornette Coleman, 1960) Olé Coltrane (John Coltrane, 1961) Africa/Brass (John Coltrane, 1961) Ascension (John Coltrane, 1965) Muses for Richard Davis (1969) Outward Bound (Eric Dolphy, 1960) Out to Lunch! (Eric Dolphy, 1964) Undercurrent (Kenny Drew, 1960) Leaving This Planet (Charles Earland, 1973) Booker 'n' Brass (Booker Ervin, 1967) Interplay (Bill Evans, 1962) Sonic Text (Joe Farrell, 1979) Boss of the Soul-Stream Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1960) Soul Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1961) Cabin in the Sky (Curtis Fuller, 1962) Take a Number from 1 to 10 (Benny Golson, 1961) Pop + Jazz = Swing (Benny Golson, 1962) Slide Hampton and His Horn of Plenty (1959) Sister Salvation (Slide Hampton, 1960) Drum Suite (Slide Hampton, 1962) The Quota (Jimmy Heath, 1961) Triple Threat (Jimmy Heath, 1962) Big Band (Joe Henderson, 1996) Pax (Andrew Hill, 1965) Compulsion (Andrew Hill, 1965) Sunflower (Milt Jackson, 1972) Goodbye (Milt Jackson, 1973) 52nd Street (Billy Joel, 1978) Reg Strikes Back (Elton John, 1988) J.J. Inc. (J.J. Johnson, 1960) Echoes of an Era (Chaka Khan, 1982) Essence (John Lewis, 1960–62) Water Sign (Jeff Lorber, 1979) Doin' the Thang! (Ronnie Mathews, 1963) Bluesnik (Jackie McLean, 1961) MJQ & Friends: A 40th Anniversary Celebration (Modern Jazz Quartet, 1994) Fingerpickin' (Wes Montgomery, 1958) Roll Call (Hank Mobley, 1960) The Blues and the Abstract Truth (Oliver Nelson, 1961) Sweet Honey Bee (Duke Pearson, 1966) The Right Touch (Duke Pearson, 1967) Contours (Sam Rivers, 1965) Drums Unlimited (Max Roach, 1965) East Broadway Run Down (Sonny Rollins, 1966) Numbers (Rufus, 1978) Once a Thief and Other Themes (Lalo Schifrin, 1965) Giant Box (Don Sebesky, 1973) Sugar (Stanley Turrentine, 1970) Together (McCoy Tyner, 1978) Quartets 4 X 4 (McCoy Tyner, 1980) Soundscapes (Cedar Walton, 1980) Uhuru Afrika (Randy Weston, 1960) Blue Moses (Randy Weston, 1972)

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