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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]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

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
  • Recorded at Contemporary's studio in Los Angeles on August 6, 1956 (tracks 2, 9, 11 & 12), October 15, 1956 (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 6) and December 4, 1956 (tracks 5, 7, 8 & 10).

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Contemporary Records discography accessed May 25, 2015
  2. ^ a b 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.
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