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To Swing Or Not To Swing, Vol.3,Barney Kessel

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Barney Kessel
Released 1955

12th Street Rag
02:58
69 plays

Wail Street
04:24
68 plays

Midnight Sun
03:10
66 plays

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- 1
- Begin The Blues
- 04:28
- 176 plays

- 2
- Louisiana
- 03:56
- 125 plays

- 3
- Happy Feeling
- 03:57
- 49 plays

- 4
- Embraceable You
- 03:23
- 363 plays

- 5
- Wail Street
- 04:24
- 68 plays

- 6
- Indiana
- 03:13
- 48 plays

- 7
- Moten Swing
- 03:57
- 57 plays

- 8
- Midnight Sun
- 03:10
- 66 plays

- 9
- Contemporary Blues
- 04:09
- 101 plays

- 10
- Don't Blame Me
- 02:58
- 617 plays

- 11
- 12th Street Rag
- 02:58
- 69 plays

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album review

Guitarist Barney Kessel's string of recordings for Contemporary in the 1950s included some of the finest work of his career. The unusual repertoire on this set -- which includes "Louisiana," "Indiana," and "12th Street Rag," along with four Kessel originals and more usual standards -- would by itself make this bop/cool set noteworthy. Add to that a very interesting lineup of players (trumpeter Harry "Sweets" Edison, Georgie Auld or Bill Perkins on tenor, pianist Jimmy Rowles, the rhythm guitar of Al Hendrickson, bassist Red Mitchell, and Shelly Manne or Irv Cottler on drums) and some excellent showcases for Kessel, and the overall result is a CD highly recommended to fans of straight-ahead jazz. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide