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To Swing or Not to Swing

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Released
  
1956

Artist
  
Barney Kessel

Producer
  
Lester Koenig

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
46:04

Release date
  
1956

Label
  
Universal Music LLC

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Recorded
  
March 28 & July 26, 1955Contemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles, California

To Swing or Not to Swing(1955)
  
Music to Listen to Barney Kessel By(1956)

Similar
  
Barney Kessel albums, Jazz albums

To Swing or Not to Swing (subtitled Barney Kessel Volume 3) is an album by guitarist Barney Kessel released on the Contemporary label which was recorded at sessions in 1956.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states: " the overall result is a recording highly recommended to fans of straight-ahead jazz".

Track listing

All compositions by Barney Kessel except as indicated

  1. "Begin the Blues" - 4:29
  2. "Louisiana" (J. C. Johnson, Andy Razaf, Bob Schafer) - 3:57
  3. "Happy Feeling" - 3:58
  4. "Embraceable You" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:24
  5. "Wail Street" - 4:25
  6. "Back Home Again in Indiana" (James F. Hanley, Ballard MacDonald) - 3:13
  7. "Moten Swing" (Bennie Moten, Buster Moten) - 3:58
  8. "Midnight Sun" (Sonny Burke, Lionel Hampton) - 3:10
  9. "Contemporary Blues" - 4:09
  10. "Don't Blame Me" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) - 2:58
  11. "Twelfth Street Rag" (Euday L. Bowman) - 2:55
  • Recorded at Contemporary's studio in Los Angeles on March 28, 1955 (tracks 3, 5 & 9) and July 26, 1955 (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6-8, 10 & 11).

    • Personnel

  • Barney Kessel - guitar
  • Harry Edison - trumpet (tracks 2, 3 & 6-10)
  • Georgie Auld (tracks 2, 6, 7 & 12), Bill Perkins (tracks 3, 5 & 9) - tenor saxophone
  • Jimmy Rowles - piano
  • Al Hendrickson - guitar
  • Red Mitchell - bass
  • Irv Cottler (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6-8, 10 & 11), Shelly Manne (tracks 3, 5 & 9) - drums

    • Songs

    1Begin The Blues4:28
    2Louisiana3:55
    3Happy Feeling3:56

    References

    To Swing or Not to Swing Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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