Guitar Forms

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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
Guitar Forms
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
AllmusicStarStarStarStar[1]
Record MirrorStarStarStarStar[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 10-minute "Lotus Land". Three tracks are blues numbers in a small group format, and there is one solo performance: "Prelude #2".

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

  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

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