“Jam Session” is the only album I’ve heard that presents Charlie Parker in familiar company with room to stretch out and with microphones capable of capturing the moment with the versimilitude expected by today’s listeners. [More]
Track listing: A1 What Is This Thing Called Love (C. Porter) 15:53 B1 Funky Blues (Oscar Peterson) 13:46 Personnel: Benny Carter, Charlie Parker, Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone Ray Brown – bass J.C. Heard – [More]
To Swing or Not to Swing (subtitled Barney Kessel Volume 3) is an album by guitarist Barney Kessel released on the Contemporary label which was recorded at sessions in 1955. “Guitarist Barney Kessel’s string of [More]
Cosmopolite is an album by American jazz saxophonist Benny Carter recorded at three sessions between 1952 and 1954 and released by Norgran Records. Track listing: 1 Gone With The Wind 2 I Got It Bad [More]
“The drawing on the cover and the liner notes, such as they are, are rather silly, but the music on this brief, but enjoyable, CD reissue (subtitled ‘For People Who Hate Jazz’) features some fine [More]
An album El Tigre is the studio collaborations by the great tenor player Harold Land and guitar master Barney Kessel. Track listing: A1 Lullaby Of Birdland 0:00 A2 Tea For Two 3:08 A3 All For [More]
Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to You is an album by trumpeter Harry “Sweets” Edison which was recorded in 1957 and released on the Verve label. Track listing: “Blues for Piney Brown” (Harry Edison)– 7:33 [More]
“Easy To Be Hard” (Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni, James Rado) from the Album: Hair Is Beautiful (1968) Personnel: Barney Kessel – guitar Steve Gray – organ Tony Campo – bass Barry Morgan – drums _______________ [More]
An Adventure in Sound: Reeds in Hi-Fi (also released as An Adventure in Sound – Reeds) is an album by composer, arranger and conductor Pete Rugolo featuring performances recorded in 1956 and first released on [More]
One оf Barney Kеѕѕеl’ѕ grеаtеѕt albums еvеr – a rаrе Itаlіаn-оnlу session thаt hаѕ a ѕраrklу Brazilian grооvе! Thе record was rесоrdеd in Rоmе іn 1970, and it’s gоt Kеѕѕеl’ѕ guitar frоntіng a combo wіth [More]
