肯尼.布瑞尔（Kenny Burrell），咆勃爵士乐时期至今仍活跃于乐坛的吉它大师，布瑞尔喜欢用直接、简约的旋律线打动听者，从而表达出优雅温和的吉它音色，表现出他个人性格的特色。 by Scott YanowKenny Burrell has been a very consistent guitarist throughout his career. Cool-toned and playing in an unchanging style based in bop, Burrell has always been the epitome of good taste and solid swing. Duke Ellingtons favorite guitarist (though he never actually recorded with him), Burrell started playing guitar when he was 12, and he debuted on records with Dizzy Gillespie in 1951. Part of the fertile Detroit jazz scene of the early 50s, Burrell moved to New York in 1956. Highly in demand from the start, Burrell appeared on a countless number of records as a leader and as a sideman. Among his more notable associations were dates with Stan Getz, Billie Holiday, Milt Jackson, John Coltrane, Gil Evans, Sonny Rollins, Quincy Jones, Stanley Turrentine, and Jimmy Smith. Starting in the early 70s, Burrell began leading seminars and teaching, often focusing on Duke Ellingtons music. He toured with the Phillip Morris Superband during 1985-1986, and led three-guitar quintets, but generally Kenny Burrell plays at the head of a trio/quartet.