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Kenny Burrell

1931 - Today

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Kenneth Earl Burrell (born July 31, 1931) is an American jazz guitarist, singer and composer known for his work on numerous top jazz labels: Prestige, Blue Note, Verve, CTI, Muse, and Concord. His collaborations with Jimmy Smith were notable, and produced the 1965 Billboard Top Twenty hit Verve album Organ Grinder Swing. Burrell has cited jazz guitarists Charlie Christian, Oscar Moore, and Django Reinhardt as influences, along with blues guitarists T-Bone Walker and Muddy Waters. Burrell is a professor and Director of Jazz Studies at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Kenny Burrell is the 1,305th most popular musician (down from 1,115th in 2024), the 6,723rd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,444th in 2019) and the 475th most popular American Musician.

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Among musicians, Kenny Burrell ranks 1,305 out of 3,175. Before him are David Amram, Danny Carey, John Abercrombie, Anouar Brahem, Barry Hay, and Bernard Sumner. After him are Tete Montoliu, Viktoria Mullova, Nancy Wilson, Jan Johansson, Michael Moran, and George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood.

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Among people born in 1931, Kenny Burrell ranks 349. Before him are Ivan Toplak, Alvin Ailey, Yuriy Voynov, Cemal Süreya, František Šafránek, and Marino Morettini. After him are Yoshiko Kuga, Lê Khả Phiêu, Jan Johansson, José Vicente, Giuliana Minuzzo, and Gordon Willis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kenny Burrell ranks 6,725 out of 20,380. Before him are Chloë Sevigny (1974), Linden Ashby (1960), Jeffrey Ullman (1942), Mike Lindell (1961), Dorothy Poynton-Hill (1915), and Pamela Tiffin (1942). After him are Josh Hawley (1979), Carl Icahn (1936), Jimmy T. Murakami (1933), Marion Zinderstein (1896), Lenny Wilkens (1937), and Tad Williams (1957).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Kenny Burrell ranks 475. Before him are Barney Kessel (1923), Mark Isham (1951), Gary Rossington (1951), David Amram (1930), Danny Carey (1961), and John Abercrombie (1944). After him are Nancy Wilson (1954), Bonnie Raitt (1949), Stan Kenton (1911), Mike Mangini (1963), Jack Nitzsche (1937), and Ray Barretto (1929).

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