MUSICIAN

Kenny Burrell

1931 - Today

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Kenneth Earl Burrell (born July 31, 1931) is an American jazz guitarist known for his work on numerous top jazz labels: Prestige, Blue Note, Verve, CTI, Muse, and Concord. His collaborations with Jimmy Smith were notable, and produced the 1965 Billboard Top Twenty hit Verve album Organ Grinder Swing. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kenny Burrell has received more than 1,064,517 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Kenny Burrell is the 1,113th most popular musician (down from 984th in 2019), the 5,445th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,826th in 2019) and the 383rd most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Kenny Burrell ranks 1,113 out of 3,175. Before him are Hank Mobley, Harry James, Leon Fleisher, Thad Jones, Yuki Kajiura, and Vinnie Colaiuta. After him are Anthony Phillips, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Daniil Shafran, Medea Abrahamyan, Charles Dancla, and Fletcher Henderson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Kenny Burrell ranks 303. Before him are Willie Mays, Irwin Winkler, Shunichiro Okano, Guido Messina, Cemal Süreya, and Klaus Rifbjerg. After him are Vlastimil Bubník, Phil Woods, Dorian Gray, David Cherkassky, Ichirō Nagai, and Gavin MacLeod.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kenny Burrell ranks 5,445 out of 20,380. Before him are Mark Donohue (1937), Jennifer Esposito (1973), Vinnie Colaiuta (1956), William D. Coolidge (1873), Ernest Fenollosa (1853), and Maura Healey (1971). After him are Robert Cummings (1910), Debbie Allen (1950), Henry Gunther (1895), Richard Quine (1920), Candy Clark (1947), and Annie Wersching (1977).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Kenny Burrell ranks 383. Before him are Henry Cowell (1897), Hank Mobley (1930), Harry James (1916), Leon Fleisher (1928), Thad Jones (1923), and Vinnie Colaiuta (1956). After him are Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1935), Fletcher Henderson (1897), Phil Woods (1931), Richard Marx (1963), John Mellencamp (1951), and Randy Jackson (1961).

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