Music to Listen to Barney Kessel By

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Music to Listen to Barney Kessel By
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Studio album by
Released1957
RecordedAugust 6, October 15 and December 4, 1956
StudioContemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles, California
Genre Jazz
Length40:53
Label Contemporary C3521/S7521
Producer Lester Koenig
Barney Kessel chronology
To Swing or Not to Swing
(1955)
Music to Listen to Barney Kessel By
(1957)
The Poll Winners
(1957)

Music to Listen to Barney Kessel By is an album by guitarist Barney Kessel recorded at sessions in 1956 and released on the Contemporary label. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Allmusic review by Rovi Staff states: "Featured is Kessel's guitar with five woodwinds and a rhythm section". [2]

Track listing

  1. "Cheerful Little Earful" (Harry Warren, Ira Gershwin, Billy Rose) - 3:24
  2. "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) - 3:18
  3. "My Reverie" (Claude Debussy, Larry Clinton) - 2:30
  4. "Blues for a Playboy" (Barney Kessel) - 3:58
  5. "Love Is for the Very Young" (David Raksin) - 2:27
  6. "Carioca" (Vincent Youmans, Edward Eliscu, Gus Kahn) - 4:30
  7. "Mountain Greenery" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 3:46
  8. "Indian Summer" (Victor Herbert, Al Dubin) - 4:58
  9. "Gone with the Wind" (Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson) - 2:45
  10. "Laura" (Raskin, Johnny Mercer) - 3:23
  11. "I Love You" (Cole Porter) - 3:27
  12. "Fascinating Rhythm" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 2:27

Personnel

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References

  1. Contemporary Records discography accessed May 25, 2015
  2. 1 2 Staff., Rovi. Music to Listen to Barney Kessel By – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 820. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.