Guitar Forms
by Kenny Burrell
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Kenny Burrell bestography
Guitar Forms is ranked 6th best out of 30 albums by Kenny Burrell on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Kenny Burrell is Midnight Blue which is ranked number 2548 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 621.
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Guitar Forms track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Guitar Forms rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 31 Music Albums of 1965 | 14/31 | 3 |
| 2025 | rkm | Top 50 Music Albums of 1965 | 42/50 | 1 |
| 2025 | TodFitz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1965 | 57/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | MaxStorm98 | Top 36 Music Albums of 1965 | 36/36 | 0 |
| 2024 |  EyeKanFly | AM Bubbling Under 1960s 2 | 71/100 | - |
| 2024 |  travelful | Top 57 Music Albums of 1965 | 18/57 | 4 |
| 2023 |  Jboy56 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1965 | 42/100 | 3 |
| 2023 | LosWochos | Top 100 Music Albums of 1965 | 95/100 | 0 |
| 2020 | Steppenwolf666 | Guinness All Time Top 1000 Albums by Guinness 1994 (601-700) | 57/100 | - |
| 2020 | panapsal | my 100 favorite jazz albums of years 1965-1969 | 4/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 13 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 22 | |||
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Guitar Forms ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/02/2026 15:12 | EyeKanFly | 8,985 | 65/100 |
| ! | 12/13/2023 04:40 | Skerns | 5,212 | 80/100 |
| ! | 11/21/2023 02:40 | MaxStorm98 | 3,798 | 89/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.8/100, a mean average of 80.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.3.
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Jboy56 12/31/2022 14:43 | #292363
An enjoyable concept-style album presented the different forms of guitar artistry. With Burrell's ability to play the various forms of string art in a very fine way, this album warrants a closer inspection.
He also plays some acoustic guitar here, which is quite rarely heard from a jazzman, Recommended
Check Lotus Land for example...
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