Blue Lights, Vols. 1 & 2 are a pair of separate but related albums by American jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell recorded on May 14, 1958 and released by Blue Note later that year.Blue Note Records discography accessed January 20, 2011
Background
Artwork The cover features artwork by Andy Warhol.Vaziri, A. Warhol's Greatest Album Covers, San Francisco Chronicle, February 8, 2009.
Release history The albums were subsequently reissued in 1997 with a re-ordered track sequence as separate CDs and a two disc set combining Volume 1 and Volume 2.
Reception
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states, "Guitarist Kenny Burrell leads a very coherent jam session in the studio with a particularly strong cast."Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed January 20, 2011
Referring to Blue Lights, Vol. 2, George Kanzler of The Ann Arbor News deemed it one of Burrell's jam session albums, this one chiefly notable for Art Blakey's "incendiary drumming" and "the sterling trumpet work of the now forgotten Louis Smith."
Track listing Blue Lights, Volume 1
Blue Lights, Volume 2
Blue Lights, Volumes 1&2 – 1997 CD reissue
Personnel
Musicians Kenny Burrell – guitar Louis Smith – trumpet Tina Brooks (except tracks 1-1, 1-4, 2-4), Junior Cook (except tracks 1-4, 2-4) – tenor saxophone Duke Jordan (disc one), Bobby Timmons (disc two) – piano Sam Jones – bass Art Blakey – drums
Technical personnel
Original
Alfred Lion – producer Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer Reid Miles – cover design Andy Warhol – cover illustration Robert Levin – liner notes
Reissue
Michael Cuscuna – reissue producer Ron McMaster – digital transfers Patrick Roques – redesign
Charts + Chart performance for Blue Lights, Vol. 1 Chart (2026) Peakposition
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