Kenny Burrell

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Biography

Composer, conductor and guitarist, educated at Wayne University earning a Bachelor of Music degree. He was a guitarist in the Dizzy Gillespie and Benny Goodman orchestras, and also formed his own group. He appeared at the Newport Jazz Festival. Joining ASCAP in 1959, he composed the instrumentals "Sugar Hill" and "Kenny's Blues".

  • Aliases
  • Kenny Burrel·Kenny Burell·Kenneth Earl Burrell
  • Primary profession
  • Soundtrack·composer·music_department
  • Country
  • United States
  • Nationality
  • American
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 31 July 1931
  • Place of birth
  • Detroit
  • Education
  • Cass Technical High School·Wayne State University
  • Member of
  • Kappa Alpha Psi

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Trivia

Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1990.

Friends with Billie Holiday , and Milt Jackson.

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