Workin' Out! with the Barney Kessel Quartet

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Workin' Out! with the Barney Kessel Quartet
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Studio album by
Barney Kessel Quartet
Released1961
RecordedJanuary 9 & 10, 1961
StudioContemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles, California
Genre Jazz
Length43:16
Label Contemporary M3585/S7585
Producer Lester Koenig
Barney Kessel chronology
Exploring the Scene!
(1960)
Workin' Out! with the Barney Kessel Quartet
(1961)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
(1961)

Workin' Out! with the Barney Kessel Quartet is an album by guitarist Barney Kessel recorded in 1961 and released on the Contemporary label. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states: "Nothing all that unusual occurs, but the music is fine modern mainstream jazz from the early '60s". [2]

Track listing

  1. "Good Li'l Man" (Marvin Jenkins) - 3:24
  2. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 5:47
  3. "Spanish Scenery" (Barney Kessel) - 6:32
  4. "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" (Louis Lambert) - 6:20
  5. "New Rhumba" (Ahmad Jamal) - 5:45
  6. "My Man's Gone Now" (Gershwin, Heyward) - 6:31
  7. "My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 4:47
  8. "Pedal Point" (Kessel) - 4:10

Personnel

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References

  1. Contemporary Records discography accessed May 25, 2015
  2. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Workin' Out! – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved May 25, 2015.