Why Was I Born? – Kenny Burrell

Appears On

• John Coltrane – Ballads (1956 - 1962)(2015)
• The Hits(2019)
• The Definitive John Coltrane on Prestige & Riverside(2010)
• Relaxin’ ’Round Midnight: The Very Best of Classic FM Jazz (disc 1)(2008)
• Prestige Records: Chill Jazz Ballads(2019)
• John Coltrane, Vol. 1 (1951 – 60)(1994)
• The Classic Collaborations 1957–1963(2017)
• John Coltrane Plays Ballads(2010)
• Out of This World(2014)
• Prestige Jazz(2007)
• John Coltrane: Verve Ultimate Cool(2013)
• The Prestige Recordings(1991)
• The John Coltrane Story Vol. 1(1964)
• Ballad Essentials(2005)
• 75th Birthday Celebration(2001)
• Ballades de Prestige(2017)
• Interplay(2007)
• Kenny Burrell / John Coltrane(1976)
• Eight Classic Albums(2010)
• The Rough Guide to Jazz Legends: John Coltrane: Birth of a Legend(2012)

Writers & Composers

• Oscar Hammerstein II(lyricist)
• Jerome Kern(composer)

Composition

Recording of Why Was I Born?

Other Versions (16)

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• Why Was I Born?by Kenny Burrell
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