Barney Kessel 1955 Vol. 3 To Swing Or Not To Swing

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

Label: Contemporary Records - C 3513

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono

Country: US

Released: 1955

Genre: Jazz

Style: Cool Jazz

Tracklist

A1 Begin The Blues

Written-By – Barney Kessel

4:21

A2 Louisiana

Written-By – Andy Razaf, Bob Schaefer, J.C. Johnson

3:55

A3 Happy Feeling

Written-By – Barney Kessel

3:55

A4 Embraceable You

Written-By – Ira And George Gershwin

3:21

A5 Wail Street

Written-By – Barney Kessel

4:21

B1 Indiana

Written-By – Ballard MacDonald, James F. Hanley

3:08

B2 Moten Swing

Written-By – Bennie Moten, Buster Moten

3:56

B3 Midnight Sun

Written-By – Lionel Hampton, Sonny Burke

3:05

B4 Contemporary Blues

Written-By – Barney Kessel

4:05

B5 Don't Blame Me

Written-By – Dorothy Fields And Jimmy McHugh

2:54

B6 12th Street Rag

Written-By – Euday L. Bowman

2:56

Credits

Bass – Red Mitchell

Drums – Irv Cottler (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1 to B3, B5, B6), Shelly Manne (tracks: A3, A5, B4)

Engineer – John Palladino

Guitar – Barney Kessel

Liner Notes – Ralph J. Gleason

Photography By [Cover photo], Design – William Claxton

Piano – Jimmy Rowles

Recording Supervisor – Lester Koenig

Rhythm Guitar – Al Hendrickson

Tenor Saxophone – Bill Perkins (tracks: A3, A5, B4), Georgie Auld (tracks: A2, B1, B2, B6)

Trumpet – Harry Edison (tracks: A2, A3, B1 to B5)