A direct continuation of Blue Lights, Volume 1, this second volume pushes Kenny Burrell’s mastery of chiaroscuro even further. The guitar sounds more assured, the exchanges stretch out, the groove sinks deeper, almost hypnotic. Nothing is forced, everything held in check. Burrell builds a dense nocturnal mood, gives the soloists room to breathe, then tightens the frame. A mature, fluid record that confirms a vision and asserts it quietly, with fully assumed elegance.
A1. Rock Salt
A2. The Man I Love
B1. Chuckin’
B2. Phinupi
