Kessel Plays Standards

Kessel Plays Standards
Kessel Plays Standards
Studio album by Barney Kessell
Released	1956
Recorded	June 4, 1954, July 1, 1954 and September 12, 1955; Contemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Jazz
Label	Contemporary C3512
Producer	Lester Koenig
Barney Kessel chronology

Kessel Plays Standards (subtitled Barney Kessel Volume 2) is an album by guitarist Barney Kessel released on the Contemporary label and featuring eight tracks originally released on the Barney Kessel Volume 2 10-inch album which were recorded at sessions in 1954 along with an additional four tracks from 1955.^[1]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states: "Inventive frameworks and the utilization of Cooper's jazz oboe (a real rarity in jazz of the time) give the otherwise boppish reissue its own personality".^[2]

Track listing[]

"Speak Low" (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash) - 2:45
"Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:26
"On a Slow Boat to China" (Frank Loesser) - 3:18
"How Long Has This Been Going On?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:20
"My Old Flame" (Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow) - 3:39
"Jeepers Creepers" (Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer) - 3:51
"Barney's Blues" (Barney Kessel) - 3:00
"Prelude to a Kiss" (Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills) - 3:13
"A Foggy Day" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:10
"You Stepped Out of a Dream" (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn) - 2:53
"I Didn't Know What Time It Was" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 3:57
"64 Bars on Wilshire" (Kessel) - 3:17

Recorded at Contemporary's studio in Los Angeles on June 4, 1954 (tracks 1, 3, 8 & 9), July 1, 1954 (tracks 2, 4, 7 & 12) and September 12, 1955 (tracks 5, 6, 10 & 11).

Personnel[]

Barney Kessel - guitar
Bob Cooper - tenor saxophone, oboe
Claude Williamson (tracks 1-4, 7-9 & 12), Hampton Hawes (tracks 6, 10 & 11) - piano
Monty Budwig (tracks 1-4, 7-9 & 12), Red Mitchell (tracks 5, 6, 10 & 11) - bass
Shelly Manne (tracks 1-4, 7-9 & 12), Chuck Thompson (tracks 5, 6, 10 & 11) - drums

References[]

^ Contemporary Records discography accessed May 25, 2015
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Yanow, Scott. Kessel Plays Standards – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 820. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[Contemporary_Records_discography-1] Contemporary Records discography accessed May 25, 2015

[Allmusic-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Yanow, Scott. Kessel Plays Standards – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 25, 2015.

[Penguin-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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Years given are for the recording(s), not release.
Albums as leader	Hampton Hawes Trio (1955) This Is Hampton Hawes (1955–56) Everybody Likes Hampton Hawes (1956) All Night Session! Vol. 1 (1956) All Night Session! Vol. 2 (1956) All Night Session! Vol. 3 (1956) Baritones and French Horns/Curtis Fuller and Hampton Hawes with French Horns (1957) Four! (1958) Bird Song (1956–58) For Real! (1958) The Sermon (1958) The Green Leaves of Summer (1964) Here and Now (1965) The Seance (1966) I'm All Smiles (1966) Universe (1972) Blues for Walls (1973) Playin' in the Yard (1973) Northern Windows (1974) As Long as There's Music (1976) Something Special (1976) Hampton Hawes at the Piano (1976)
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