Barney Kessel - To Swing Or Not To Swing (CD) (Mint (M))

Media Condition: Mint (M)
Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)

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"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. 

1. Begin The Blues 4:29
2. Louisiana 3:56
3. Happy Feeling 3:57
4. Embraceable You 3:24
5. Wail Street 4:25
6. Indiana 3:13
7. Moten Swing 3:58
8. Midnight Sun 3:10
9. Contemporary Blues 4:09
10. Don't Blame Me 2:58
11. 12th Street Rag 2:59
. Bonus Tracks
12. Let´s Cook 11:21
13. Time Remembered 4:21
14. Just In Time 4:57
15. Love Is Here To Stay 3:27
16. On A Slow Boat To China 3:15
17. My Old Flame 3:37
18. A Foggy Day 3:09
19. 64 Bars On Wilshire 3:17

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Barcode 8 436028 698677