Barney Kessel -To Swing Or Not To Swing -POLL WINNE CD Grooves.land/Playthek

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01. "Begin the blues"

02. "Louisiana"

03. "Happy feeling"

04. "Embraceable you"

05. "Wail street"

06. "Indiana"

07. "Moten swing"

08. "Midnight Sun"

09. "Contemporary blues"

10. "Don't blame me"

11. "12th Street rag"

12. "Let's Cook!"

13. "Time remembered"

14. "Just in time"

15. "Love is here to stay"

16. "On a slow boat to China"

17. "My old flame"

18. "A foggy day"

19. "64 bars on wilshire"

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To Swing Or Not To Swing by Barney Kessel, released 20 September 2019, includes the following tracks: "Happy Feeling", "Wail Street", "Moten Swing", "Contemporary Blues" and more. This version of To Swing Or Not To Swing comes as a 1xCD. -

Digitally remastered and expanded edition of the Jazz great's complete original 1955 album to Swing Or Not to Swing. This fantastic LP features Kessel swinging along with Harry "Sweets" Edison, Bill Perkins and Shelly Manne, and also showcases the guitarist on four tracks backed only by the rhythm section. As a bonus, we have added a complete 1957 quintet session that also features Shelly Manne, as well as five further tracks which find Kessel in quintet (with Bob Cooper on tenor sax), quartet and duo formats. Poll Winners.

"The Most Influential Jazz Albums According To The Critics Of Down Beat Magazine. 16-page booklet. This release presents Barney Kessel´s complete original 1955 album "To Swing Or Not To Swing" (Contemporary C3513). As a bonus, we have added a complete 1957 quintet session that also features Shelly Manne, as well as five further tracks which find Kessel in quitet (with Bob Cooper on tenor sax), quartet and duo formats. Recording dates (in Los Angeles): March 28, 1955 and July 26, 1955 Bonus Tracks 12-14: November 11, 1957 Bonus Tracks 16 & 18: June 4, 1954 Bonus Tracks 15 & 19: July 1, 1954 Bonus Tracks 17: September 12, 1955 Original album tracks (01-11) are mono recordings.

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Manufacturer No.:

01227278

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