Kenny Burrell at NAMM 2004 with Rory Hoffman and Henry Johnson.

Nashville’s Rory Hoffman was playing in the Heritage booth at NAMM 2004 when a guy asked if he could sit in. Rory had no idea who he was until after they played a tune and the guy said “Hi! I’m Kenny Burrell“. Right after that, Henry Johnson joined them for “But Beautiful“ and some blues. Rory talked on a TV Show about playing with Kenny that day and said he was sorry there was no tape. Surprise, Rory! Here is Rory Hoffman’s story of that day: “Back in 2004, I was at the NAMM show in California, demoing fo