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.
Contents
Background
Artwork
The cover features artwork by Andy Warhol.
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."
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
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
Alfred Lion – producer
Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer
Reid Miles – cover design
Andy Warhol – cover illustration
Robert Levin – liner notes
Michael Cuscuna – reissue producer
Ron McMaster – digital transfers
Patrick Roques – redesign