Carmen (Barney Kessel album)

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Carmen
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Studio album by
Released1959
RecordedDecember 19 & 22, 1958
StudioContemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles, California
Genre Jazz
Length43:30
Label Contemporary M3563/S7563
Producer Lester Koenig
Barney Kessel chronology
The Poll Winners Ride Again!
(1958)
Carmen
(1959)
Some Like It Hot
(1959)

Carmen (full title Modern Jazz Performances from Bizet's Carmen and also referred to as Kessel Plays Carmen) is an album by guitarist Barney Kessel performing adaptations of pieces from Georges Bizet's opera Carmen recorded in late 1958 and released on the Contemporary label. [1]

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Reception

Professional ratings
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The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "Kessel also wrote the arrangements, which pay tribute to the melodies while not being shy of swinging the themes. An interesting if not essential project". [2]

Track listing

All compositions adapted from Georges Bizet and arranged by Barney Kessel

  1. "Swingin' the Toreador" - 5:41
  2. "A Pad on the Edge of Town" - 6:42
  3. "If You Dig Me" - 4:00
  4. "Free as a Bird" - 4:56
  5. "Viva el Toro!" - 3:13
  6. "Flowersville" - 5:55
  7. "Carmen's Cool" - 4:36
  8. "Like, There Is No Place Like..." - 3:56
  9. "The Gipsy's Hip" - 3:30

Personnel

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References

  1. Contemporary Records discography accessed May 25, 2015
  2. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Carmen – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved May 25, 2015.