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Released
  
1956

Release date
  
1956

Label
  
Universal Music LLC

Artist
  
Barney Kessel

Producer
  
Lester Koenig

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
June 4, 1954, July 1, 1954 and September 12, 1955Contemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles, California

Kessel Plays Standards(1954-55)
  
To Swing or Not to Swing(1955)

Similar
  
Barney Kessel albums, Jazz albums

Kessel Plays Standards (subtitled Barney Kessel Volume 2) is an album by guitarist Barney Kessel released on the Contemporary label and featuring eight tracks originally released on the Barney Kessel Volume 2 10-inch album which were recorded at sessions in 1954 along with an additional four tracks from 1955.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states: "Inventive frameworks and the utilization of Cooper's jazz oboe (a real rarity in jazz of the time) give the otherwise boppish reissue its own personality".

Track listing

  1. "Speak Low" (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash) - 2:45
  2. "Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:26
  3. "On a Slow Boat to China" (Frank Loesser) - 3:18
  4. "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:20
  5. "My Old Flame" (Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow) - 3:39
  6. "Jeepers Creepers" (Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer) - 3:51
  7. "Barney's Blues" (Barney Kessel) - 3:00
  8. "Prelude to a Kiss" (Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills) - 3:13
  9. "A Foggy Day" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:10
  10. "You Stepped Out of a Dream" (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn) - 2:53
  11. "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 3:57
  12. "64 Bars on Wilshire" (Kessel) - 3:17
  • Recorded at Contemporary's studio in Los Angeles on June 4, 1954 (tracks 1, 3, 8 & 9), July 1, 1954 (tracks 2, 4, 7 & 12) and September 12, 1955 (tracks 5, 6, 10 & 11).

    • Personnel

  • Barney Kessel - guitar
  • Bob Cooper - tenor saxophone, oboe
  • Hampton Hawes (tracks 6, 10 & 11), Claude Williamson (tracks 1-4, 7-9 & 12) - piano
  • Monty Budwig (tracks 1-4, 7-9 & 12), Red Mitchell (tracks 5, 6, 10 & 11) - bass
  • Shelly Manne (tracks 1-4, 7-9 & 12), Chuck Thompson (tracks 5, 6, 10 & 11) - drums

    • Songs

    1Speak Low2:42
    2Love Is Here To Stay3:24
    3On A Slow Boat To China3:15

    References

    Kessel Plays Standards Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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