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A Generation Ago Today

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A Generation Ago Today
Studio album by
Kenny Burrell
Released1967
RecordedDecember 16 & 20, 1966, January 31, 1967, and March 28, 1967
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
LabelVerve
V6-8656
ProducerCreed Taylor
Kenny Burrell chronology
Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas
(1966) 		A Generation Ago Today
(1967) 		Ode to 52nd Street
(1967)

A Generation Ago Today is an album by guitarist Kenny Burrell featuring standards associated with the Benny Goodman Sextet and Charlie Christian recorded in 1966 and 1967 and released on the Verve label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllmusicStarStarStarStar[2]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with its review by Scott Yanow stating "the now-obscure set has been out-of-print for quite awhile [sic] but the music is excellent".[2]

Track listing

  1. "As Long as I Live" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
  2. "Wholly Cats" (Benny Goodman)
  3. "A Smooth One" (Goodman)
  4. "I Surrender Dear" (Harry Barris, Gordon Clifford)
  5. "If I Had You" (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Ted Shapiro)
  6. "Poor Butterfly" (John Golden, Raymond Hubbell)
  7. "Stompin' at the Savoy" (Goodman, Andy Razaf, Edgar Sampson, Chick Webb)
  8. "Rose Room" (Art Hickman, Harry Williams)

Personnel

For Charlie Christian and Benny Goodman

This is an re-issue by Verve with three additional tracks from the same recording sessions.

  1. "As Long as I Live" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
  2. "Poor Butterfly" (John Golden, Raymond Hubbell)
  3. "Stompin' at the Savoy" (Goodman, Andy Razaf, Edgar Sampson, Chick Webb)
  4. "I Surrender Dear" (Harry Barris, Gordon Clifford)
  5. "Rose Room" (Art Hickman, Harry Williams)
  6. "If I Had You" (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Ted Shapiro)
  7. "A Smooth One" (Goodman)
  8. "Wholly Cats" (Benny Goodman)
  9. Seven Come Eleven
  10. Moonglow
  11. Flying Home

References

  1. ^ All About Jazz Kenny Burrell discography Archived 2008-03-31 at the Wayback Machine accessed August 3, 2012
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed August 3, 2012
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