Description:
Bonus track *. Barney Kessel's complete original 1955 album 'To Swing or Not to Swing' Contemporary C3513. This fantastic LP features Kessel swinging along with Harry 'Sweets' Edison, Bill Perkins and Shelly Manne, and also showcases the guitarist on four tracks backed only by the rhythm section. As a bonus, added is a complete 1957 quintet session that also features Shelly Manne, as well as five further tracks which find Kessel in quintet with Bob Cooper on tenor sax, quartet and duo formats. Includes 16 page booklet. |
 Begin The Blues
Louisiana
Happy Feeling
Embraceable You
Wail Street
Indiana
Moten Swing
Midnight Sun
Contemporary Blues
Don't Blame Me
12th Street Rag
Let's Cook (*)
Time Remembered (*)
Just In Time (*)
Love Is Here To Stay (*)
On A Slow Boat To China (*)
My Old Flame (*)
A Foggy Day (*)
64 Bars On Wilshire (*) |
Collective Personnel: Harry Sweets Edison, Georgie Auld, Bill Perkins, Jimmy Rowles, Al Hendrickson, Red Mitchell, Irv Cottler, Shelly Manne, Victor Feldman, Hampton Hawes, Leroy Vinnegar, Red Mitchell, Bob Cooper, more |
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