• Introducing Kenny Burrell (Blue Note, 1956)
• Kenny Burrell Volume 2 (Blue Note, 1956)
• Swingin' (Blue Note, 1956)
• All Night Long (Prestige, 1956)
• All Day Long (Prestige, 1957)
• Earthy (Prestige, 1957)
• Kenny Burrell (Prestige, 1957)
• 2 Guitars (Prestige, 1957) - with Jimmy Raney
• K. B. Blues (Blue Note, 1957)
• Just Wailin' (New Jazz, 1958) with Herbie Mann, Charlie Rouse and Mal Waldron
• Kenny Burrell and John Coltrane (Prestige, 1958) - with John Coltrane
• Blue Lights Volume 1 (Blue Note, 1958)
• Blue Lights Volume 2 (Blue Note, 1958)
• On View at the Five Spot Cafe (Blue Note, 1959)
• A Night at the Vanguard (Argo, 1959)
• Weaver of Dreams (Columbia, 1960-61)
• Bluesin' Around (Columbia, 1961-62 )
• Bluesy Burrell (Moodsville, 1962)
• Midnight Blue (Blue Note, 1963)
• Crash! (Prestige, 1963) - with Jack McDuff
• Lotsa Bossa Nova! (Kapp, 1963)
• Blue Bash! (Verve, 1963) - with Jimmy Smith
• Travelin' Light (Prestige, 1964) - with Shirley Scott
• Soul Call (Prestige, 1964)
• Freedom (Blue Note, 1963-64 )
• Guitar Forms (Verve, 1965)
• The Tender Gender (Cadet, 1966)
• Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas (Cadet, 1966)
• A Generation Ago Today (Verve, 1966-67)
• Ode to 52nd Street (Cadet, 1967)
• Blues - The Common Ground (Verve, 1967-68)
• Night Song (Verve, 1968-69)
• Asphalt Canyon Suite (Verve, 1969)
• God Bless the Child (CTI, 1971)
• 'Round Midnight (Fantasy, 1972)
• Both Feet on the Ground (Fantasy, 1973)
• Up the Street, 'Round the Corner, Down the Block (Fantasy, 1974)
• Stormy Monday (Fantasy, 1974 )
• Sky Street (Fantasy, 1974)
• Ellington Is Forever (Fantasy, 1975)
• Ellington Is Forever Volume Two (Fantasy, 1975 )
• Tin Tin Deo (Concord Jazz, 1977)
• Handcrafted (Muse, 1978)
• When Lights Are Low (Concord, 1978)
• Live at the Village Vanguard (Muse, 1978)
• In New York (Muse, 1978)
• Moon and Sand (Concord, 1979)
• Heretige (Audio Source/Voss, 1980)
• Listen to the Dawn (Muse, 1980)
• Groovin' High (Muse, 1981)
• Ellington à la Carte (Muse, 1983)
• À la Carte (Muse, 1983)
• Togethering (Blue Note, 1985) - with Grover Washington, Jr.
• Generation (Blue Note, 1986)
• Pieces of Blue and the Blues (Blue Note, 1986 )
• Guiding Spirit (Contemporary, 1989)
• Sunup to Sundown (Contemporary, 1991)
• Then Along Came Kenny (Evidence, 1993)
• Lotus Blossom (Concord, 1995)
• Love Is the Answer, featuring The Boys Choir of Harlem (Concord Concerto, 1998)
• Lucky So and So (Concord Jazz, 2001)
• Blue Muse (Concord Jazz, 2003)
• The Ralph J. Bunche Suite (UCLA Ethnomusicology, 2006)
• 75th Birthday Bash Live! (Blue Note, 2007)
• Be Yourself: Live at Dizzy's (Highnote, 2010)
• Tenderly (Highnote, 2011)
• Special Requests (and Other Favorites) (Highnote, 2013)
• The Road To Love (Highnote, 2015)

Compilations

• 12-15-78 (32 Jazz, 1999) - compiles Live at the Village Vanguard and In New York
• Introducing Kenny Burrell: The First Blue Note Sessions (Blue Note, 2000) - compiles Introducing Kenny Burrell, Kenny Burrell Volume 2 and K. B. Blues

As sideman

• Jazzmen of Detroit with Tommy Flanagan, Pepper Adams, Paul Chambers, Kenny Clarke (1956; Savoy Records)

With Nat Adderley

• Little Big Horn (Riverside, 1963)

With Mose Allison

• Ever Since the World Ended (Blue Note, 1987)

With Gene Ammons

• Funky (Prestige, 1956)
• Jammin' in Hi Fi with Gene Ammons (Prestige, 1957)
• Bad! Bossa Nova (Prestige, 1962)

With Ernestine Anderson

• My Kinda Swing (Mercury, 1960)

With Louis Armstrong

• Louis Armstrong and His Friends (Flying Dutchman, 1970)

With Sil Austin and Red Prysock

• Battle Royale (Mercury, 1959)

With Chet Baker

• Chet (Riverside, 1959)
• Baby Breeze (Limelight, 1965)

'With Ray Barretto

• Portraits in Jazz and Clave (RCA, 2000)

With Bill Barron

• West Side Story Bossa Nova (Dauntless, 1963)

With Tony Bennett

• Tony Bennett at Carnegie Hall (Columbia, 1962)

With Andy Bey

• Now! Hear! (Prestige, 1964)
• 'Round Midnight (Prestige, 1965)

With Betty Blake

• Betty Blake Sings in a Tender Mood (Bethlehem, 1960)

With Eddie Bonnemere

• Jazz Orient Ed (Prestige, 1964)

With Pat Bowie

• Out of Sight! (Prestige, 1965)

With Dee Dee Bridgewater

• Dear Ella (Verve, 1997)

With Ronnell Bright

• Bright's Spot (Savoy, 1956)

With James Brown

• Please Please Please (King, 1959)
• Try Me! (King, 1959)

With Ray Brown

• Some of My Best Friends Are ... Guitarists (Telarc, 2002)

With Donald Byrd

• Motor City Scene (Bethlehem, 1960)
• A New Perspective (Blue Note, 1963)
• Up with Donald Byrd (Verve, 1965)

With Betty Carter

• 'Round Midnight (Atco, 1963)

With Paul Chambers

• Whims of Chambers (Blue Note, 1956)
• Bass on Top (Blue Note, 1957)

With Sonny Clark

• Sonny Clark Quintets (Blue Note, 1958)

With Chris Connor

• Chris Connor Sings Ballads of the Sad Café (Atlantic, 1959)
• In Person (Atlantic, 1959)

With Blossom Dearie

• Blossom Dearie Sings Comden and Green (Verve, 1960)
• My Gentleman Friend (Verve, 1961)

With Kenny Dorham

• 'Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia (Blue Note, 1956)

With Bill Evans

• Quintessence (Fantasy, 1976)

With Gil Evans

• The Individualism of Gil Evans (Verve, 1964)

With Art Farmer

• Ph.D. (Contemporary, 1989)

With Tommy Flanagan

• Beyond the Blue Bird (Timeless, 1990)

With Frank Foster

• No 'Count (Savoy, 1956)

With Aretha Franklin

• Yeah!!! (Columbia, 1965)
• Soul '69 (Atlantic, 1969)

With Red Garland

• Red Garland Revisited! (Prestige, 1957 )

With Stan Getz

• Reflections (Verve, 1963)
• Getz Au Go Go (Verve, 1965)
• What the World Needs Now: Stan Getz Plays Bacharach and David (Verve, 1968)

With Terry Gibbs

• Take It from Me (Impulse!, 1964)

With Dizzy Gillespie

• Dee Gee Days: The Savoy Sessions (Savoy, 1951-52 )

With Paul Gonsalves

• Cleopatra Feelin' Jazzy (Impulse!, 1963)

With Babs Gonzales

• Tales of Manhattan: The Cool Philosophy of Babs Gonzales (Jaro, 1959)

With Sandy Graham

• Comes Love (Jazz Link Enterprises, 2000)

With Roland Hanna

• Destry Rides Again (ATCO, 1959)

With Nancy Harrow

• Wild Women Don't Have the Blues (Candid, 1961)

With Coleman Hawkins

• Soul (Prestige, 1958)
• The Hawk Relaxes (Moodsville, 1961)

With Eddie Harris

• Cool Sax from Hollywood to Broadway (Columbia, 1964)

With Gene Harris

• World Tour 1990 (Concord Jazz, 1990)

With Johnny Hartman

• I Just Dropped by to Say Hello (Impulse!, 1964)

With Jimmy Heath

• On the Trail (Riverside, 1964)

With Johnny Hodges

• Sandy's Gone (Verve, 1963)
• Mess of Blues (Verve, 1964) with Wild Bill Davis
• Blue Rabbit (Verve)
• Stride Right (Verve, 1966) with Earl "Fatha" Hines

With Jay Hoggard

• The Fountain (Muse, 1991)

With Billie Holiday

• Lady Sings the Blues (Clef, 1956)

With Shirley Horn

• Loads of Love (Mercury, 1963)

With Lena Horne

• Stormy Weather (RCA Victor, 1957)

With Milt Jackson

• Bags & Flutes (Atlantic, 1957)
• Bean Bags with Coleman Hawkins (Atlantic, 1958)
• Soul Brothers with Ray Charles (Atlantic, 1958)
• Vibrations (Atlantic, 1960-61)
• Soul Meeting with Ray Charles (Atlantic, 1961)
• Much in Common with Ray Brown (Verve, 1964)

With Willis Jackson

• Bossa Nova Plus (Prestige, 1962)

With Illinois Jacquet

• The Cool Rage (Verve, 1958)
• The Message (Argo, 1963)
• Desert Winds (Argo, 1964)
• Birthday Party (Groove Note, 1999)

With John Jenkins

• John Jenkins with Kenny Burrell (Blue Note, 1957)

With Budd Johnson

• French Cookin' (Argo, 1963)

With Etta Jones

• Love Shout (Prestige, 1962)
• Hollar! (Prestige, 1962)

With Hank Jones

• Porgy and Bess (Capitol, 1959)
• Here's Love (Argo, 1963)
• Ain't Misbehavin' (Galaxy, 1978)

With Quincy Jones

• The Birth of a Band! (Mercury, 1959)
• Birth of a Band, Vol. 2 (Mercury, 1959)

With Thad Jones

• Detroit-New York Junction (Blue Note, 1956)
• After Hours (Prestige, 1957)

With Taft Jordan

• Mood Indigo (Moodsville, 1961)

With Bev Kelly

• Love Locked Out (Riverside, 1960)

With Wynton Kelly

• Piano (Riverside, 1958)
• Comin' in the Back Door (Verve, 1963)
• It's All Right! (Verve, 1964)

With Joe Kennedy, Jr.

• Strings by Candlelight (CAP, 1962)

With B.B. King

• Live at the Apollo (GRP, 1991)

With Yusef Lateef

• The Blue Yusef Lateef (Atlantic, 1968)

With Hubert Laws

• Laws' Cause (Atlantic, 1968)

With The Leiber-Stoller Big Band

• Yakety Yak (Atlantic, 1960)

With Melba Liston

• Melba Liston and Her 'Bones (MetroJazz, 1959)

With Gloria Lynne

• Miss Gloria Lynne (Everest, 1958)

With Gildo Mahones

• I'm Shooting High (Prestige, 1963)
• The Great Gildo (Prestige, 1964)

With Herbie Mann

• Just Wailin' (Prestige, 1958)

With Jack McDuff

• Screamin' (Prestige, 1962)
• Somethin' Slick! (Prestige, 1963)
• Steppin' Out (Prestige, 1961-66 )

With Gary McFarland

• The Jazz Version of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" (Verve, 1962)
• Soft Samba (Verve, 1963)
• The In Sound (Verve, 1965)

With Jimmy McGriff

• The Big Band (Solid State, 1966)

With Wes Montgomery

• Fusion! Wes Montgomery with Strings (Riverside, 1963)

With Frank Morgan

• Listen to the Dawn (Antilles, 1993)

With Maria Muldaur

• Sweet Harmony (Reprise, 1976)

With Dave Pike

• Bossa Nova Carnival (New Jazz, 1962)
• Times out of Mind (Muse, 1975)

With Billie Poole

• Confessin' the Blues! (Riverside, 1963)

With The Prestige All Stars

• Interplay for 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors (Prestige, 1957)

With Ike Quebec

• Soul Samba (Blue Note, 1962)

With Jerome Richardson

• Midnight Oil (New Jazz, 1958)

With Freddie Roach

• Down to Earth (Blue Note, 1962)
• Mo' Greens Please (Blue Note, 1963)

With Sonny Rollins

• Alfie (Impulse! 1966)

With Charlie Rouse

• Bossa Nova Bacchanal (Blue Note, 1962)

With Vanessa Rubin

• I'm Glad There Is You: A Tribute to Carmen McRae (Novus, 1994)

With A. K. Salim

• Stable Mates (Savoy, 1957)

With Lalo Schifrin

• Once a Thief and Other Themes (Verve, 1965)

With Carol Sloane

• Love You Madly (Contemporary, 1988)

With Jimmy Smith

• Jimmy Smith at the Organ, Vol. 1 (Blue Note, 1957)
• Jimmy Smith at the Organ, Vol. 2 (Blue Note, 1957)
• Confirmation (Blue Note, 1958 )
• House Party (Blue Note, 1958)
• Softly as a Summer Breeze (Blue Note, 1958)
• Six Views of the Blues (Blue Note, 1958 )
• The Sermon! (Blue Note, 1959)
• Home Cookin' (Blue Note, 1960)
• Midnight Special (Blue Note, 1961)
• Back at the Chicken Shack (Blue Note, 1963)
• Any Number Can Win (Verve, 1963)
• The Cat (Verve, 1964)
• Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Verve, 1964)
• Christmas '64 (Verve, 1964)
• Monster (Verve, 1965)
• Organ Grinder Swing (Verve, 1965)
• Got My Mojo Workin' (Verve, 1965)
• The Hootchie Coochie Man (Verve, 1966)
• Second Coming (Mojo, 1980)
• Keep On Comin' (Elektra, 1983)
• Go For Whatcha Know (Blue Note, 1986)
• Fourmost (Milestone, 1991)
• The Master (Blue Note, 1994)

With Dakota Staton

• Time to Swing (Capitol, 1959)

With Sylvia Syms

• Sylvia Is! (Prestige, 1965)
• Then Along Came Bill: A Tribute to Bill Evans (DRG, 1989)

With Ed Thigpen

• Out of the Storm (Verve, 1966)

With Cal Tjader

• Warm Wave (Verve, 1964)
• Soul Sauce (Verve, 1965)

With Stanley Turrentine

• Jubilee Shout!!! (Blue Note, 1962)
• Hustlin' (Blue Note, 1964)
• Joyride (Blue Note, 1965)
• The Look of Love (Blue Note, 1968)
• Always Something There (Blue Note, 1968)
• The Sugar Man (CTI, 1971)

With Dinah Washington

• What a Diff'rence a Day Makes! (Mercury, 1959)

With Doug Watkins

• Watkins at Large (Transition, 1956)

With Frank Wess

• North, South, East... Wess (Savoy, 1956)
• Opus in Swing (Savoy, 1956)

With Randy Weston

• Uhuru Afrika (Roulette, 1960)

With Joe Williams

• Jump for Joy (RCA Victor, 1963)
• Me and the Blues (RCA Victor, 1964)

With Kai Winding

• More (Theme from Mondo Cane) (Verve, 1963)

With Jimmy Witherspoon

• Baby, Baby, Baby (Prestige, 1963)
• Blue Spoon (Prestige, 1964)

With Leo Wright

• Suddenly the Blues (Atlantic, 1962)
• Soul Talk (Vortex, 1963 )