Name: Kessel Plays Standards by Barney Kessel
Brand: Barney Kessel
SKU: 888072196018
Price: 9.9 USD
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Guitarist Barney Kessel teams up with Bob Cooper (mostly on oboe but also doubling a bit on tenor), either Claude Williamson or Hampton Hawes on piano, Monty Budwig or Red Mitchell on bass, and Shelly Manne or Chuck Thompson on drums. Other than his own "64 Bars on Wilshire" and "Barney's Blues," the repertoire on this CD reissue is comprised of jazz standards. 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.
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1. Speak Low

by Barney Kessel

Primary Artist: Barney Kessel; Main Performer
Composer: Kurt Weill
Ogden Nash; Composer
Lyricist: Kurt Weill
Ogden Nash; Composer
Composer Lyricist: Kurt Weill
Ogden Nash; Other

2. Love Is Here To Stay

by Barney Kessel

Double Bass: Monty Budwig; Performer
Primary Artist: Barney Kessel; Main Performer
Drums: Shelly Manne; Performer
Guitar: Barney Kessel; Performer
Oboe: Bob Cooper; Performer
Performer: Monty Budwig
Shelly Manne
Barney Kessel
Bob Cooper
Claude Williamson; Performer
Piano: Claude Williamson; Performer
Tenor Saxophone: Bob Cooper; Performer
Composer: Ira Gershwin
John Miller
George Gershwin; Composer
Lyricist: George Gershwin
John Miller
Ira Gershwin; Composer
Producer: Lester Koenig; Production
Recording Producer: Lester Koenig; Production
Composer Lyricist: George Gershwin
Ira Gershwin
John Miller; Other

3. On A Slow Boat To China

by Barney Kessel

Primary Artist: Barney Kessel; Main Performer
Composer: Frank Loesser; Composer
Lyricist: Frank Loesser; Composer
Composer Lyricist: Frank Loesser; Other

4. How Long Has This Been Going On?

by Barney Kessel

Primary Artist: Barney Kessel; Main Performer
Composer: George Gershwin
Ira Gershwin; Composer
Lyricist: George Gershwin
Ira Gershwin; Composer
Composer Lyricist: George Gershwin
Ira Gershwin; Other

5. My Old Flame

by Barney Kessel

Double Bass: Monty Budwig; Performer
Primary Artist: Barney Kessel; Main Performer
Drums: Shelly Manne; Performer
Guitar: Barney Kessel; Performer
Oboe: Bob Cooper; Performer
Performer: Shelly Manne
Monty Budwig
Claude Williamson
Bob Cooper
Barney Kessel; Performer
Piano: Claude Williamson; Performer
Tenor Saxophone: Bob Cooper; Performer
Composer: Arthur Johnston
Sam Coslow; Composer
Lyricist: Arthur Johnston
Sam Coslow; Composer
Producer: Lester Koenig; Production
Recording Producer: Lester Koenig; Production
Composer Lyricist: Arthur Johnston
Sam Coslow; Other