Blue Lights, Vols. 1 & 2

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.^[1]

Blue Lights
Volume 1
Studio album by Kenny Burrell
Released	1958
Recorded	May 14, 1958
Studio	Manhattan Towers New York City
Genre	Jazz
Label	Blue Note BLP 1596 (Vol. 1) BLP 1597 (Vol. 2)
Producer	Alfred Lion
Kenny Burrell chronology
Kenny Burrell and John Coltrane (1958) Blue Lights (1958) On View at the Five Spot Cafe (1959)
Blue Lights
Volume 2
Blue Lights, Volumes 1&2
1997 CD reissue

Background

Artwork

The cover features artwork by Andy Warhol.^[2]

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.^[3]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
DownBeat	[4]
AllMusic	[5]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states, "Guitarist Kenny Burrell leads a very coherent jam session in the studio with a particularly strong cast."^[5]

Track listing

Blue Lights, Volume 1

Side 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Yes Baby"		11:15
2.	"Scotch Blues"	Duke Jordan	8:00
Total length:			19:15

All tracks are written by Kenny Burrell, except as noted.

Side 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Autumn in New York"	Vernon Duke	5:44
2.	"Caravan"	Duke Ellington Irving Mills Juan Tizol	9:55
Total length:			15:39 34:54

Blue Lights, Volume 2

Side 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Rock Salt"		11:19
2.	"The Man I Love"	George Gershwin Ira Gershwin	6:47
Total length:			18:06

All tracks are written by Kenny Burrell, except as noted.

Side 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Chuckin'"	Sam Jones	12:10
2.	"Phinupi"		9:47
Total length:			21:57 40:03

Blue Lights, Volumes 1&2 – 1997 CD reissue

Disc one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Phinupi"		9:47
2.	"Yes Baby"		11:15
3.	"Scotch Blues"	Duke Jordan	8:00
4.	"The Man I Love"	George Gershwin Ira Gershwin	6:47
5.	"I Never Knew" (bonus track)	Ted Fio Rito Gus Kahn	12:37
Total length:			48:26

Disc two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Caravan"	Duke Ellington Irving Mills Juan Tizol	9:55
2.	"Chuckin'"	Sam Jones	12:10
3.	"Rock Salt"		11:19
4.	"Autumn in New York"	Vernon Duke	5:44
Total length:			39:08

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