Kenny Burrell & the West Coast All Stars, live at the Friends Of Jazz Festival, December 1979 This superb set was performed at California s first annual Friends of Jazz Festival, and broadcast as part National Public Radio's Jazz Alive series. It captures the veteran guitarist at the top of his game, tackling a selection of standards in typically breezy fashion, backed by the cream of the country s jazz talent. It s presented in full here, together with background notes and images. 1. The Common Ground 2. A Child Is Born 3. Blues In The Closet 4. It Don t Mean A Thing If It Ain t Got That Swing 5. Now s The Time 6. Program credits Featuring; Kenny Burrell guitar Jerome Richardson sax, flute Conte Candoli trumpet Thad Jones flugelhorn Frank Foster tenor sax Art Hillery keyboards Leroy Vinnegar bass Shelly Manne drums
