Barney Kessel - Barney Kessel, Vol. 3: To Swing or Not to Swing

Title: Barney Kessel, Vol. 3: To Swing or Not to Swing Artist: Barney Kessel Release Date: 3/28/1955 Re-Released On: 7/31/2006 Label: Original Jazz Classics, Contemporary/OJC, Jvc Victor Duration: 39:57 Album Type(s): Instrumental UPCs: 025218631723, 4988002415083, 4988002509515, 0090204021796, 025218031714, 025218031721 Genre: Jazz Styles: Bop, Cool, Jazz Instrument, Guitar Jazz Moods: Amiable/Good-Natured, Intimate, Refined/Mannered, Delicate, Earnest, Elegant, Rollicking, Sophisticated Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Begin the Blues
2. Louisiana
3. Happy Feeling
4. Embraceable You
5. Wail Street
6. (Back Home Again In) Indiana
7. Moten Swing
8. Midnight Sun
9. Contemporary Blues
10. Don't Blame Me
11. Twelfth Street Rag

Year Type Label Catalog # 2006 CD Jvc Victor 41689 1995 CD Original Jazz Classics 3172 1991 CD Original Jazz Classics 317 1991 CD Contemporary/OJC OJCCD-317-2

To Swing or Not to Swing

Guitarist Barney Kessel's string of recordings for Contemporary in the 1950s included some of the finest work of his career. The unusual repertoire on this set -- which includes "Louisiana," "Indiana," and "12th Street Rag," along with four Kessel originals and more usual standards -- would by itself make this bop/cool set noteworthy. Add to that a very interesting lineup of players (trumpeter Harry "Sweets" Edison, Georgie Auld or Bill Perkins on tenor, pianist Jimmy Rowles, the rhythm guitar of Al Hendrickson, bassist Red Mitchell, and Shelly Manne or Irv Cottler on drums) and some excellent showcases for Kessel, and the overall result is a CD highly recommended to fans of straight-ahead jazz. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Name Credits Al Hendrickson Guitar (Rhythm) Barney Kessel Guitar Bill Perkins Sax (Tenor) Georgie Auld Sax (Tenor) Harry "Sweets" Edison Trumpet Irving Cottler Drums Jimmy Rowles Piano Ralph J. Gleason Liner Notes Red Mitchell Bass Shelly Manne Drums William Claxton Photography, Design, Cover Design