Barney Kessel

Barney Kessel – Some Like It Hot (Remastered 2023) (1959/2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · March 9, 2023 · Comments off

Barney Kessel - Some Like It Hot (Remastered 2023) (1959/2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz] Download

On this fantastic album Kessel swings together with Art Pepper, Joe Gordon, Jimmy Rowles and Shelly Manne, to name but a few.

“The release of the movie Some Like It Hot served as a good excuse for guitarist Kessel to join together with Art Pepper (switching between alto, clarinet, and tenor), trumpeter Joe Gordon, pianist Jimmy Rowles, rhythm guitarist Jack Marshall, bassist Monty Budwig, and drummer Shelly Manne to interpret a variety of vintage numbers, most of which dated from the 1920s. Such tunes as “I Wanna Be Loved by You,” “Runnin’ Wild,” “Down Among the Sheltering Palms,” and “By the Beautiful Sea” are given fairly modern arrangements but still retain the flavor of the 1920s, and it’s particularly interesting to hear Gordon and Pepper soloing on these ancient songs.” (Scott Yanow, AMG)
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Harry “Sweets” Edison, Barney Kessel, Jimmy Rowles – Something Bigger (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · March 4, 2023 · Comments off

Harry “Sweets” Edison got the most mileage out of a single note, like his former boss Count Basie. Edison, immediately recognizable within a note or two, long used repetition and simplicity to his advantage while always swinging. He played in local bands in Columbus and then in 1933 joined the Jeter-Pillars Orchestra. After a couple years in St. Louis, Edison moved to New York where he joined Lucky Millinder and then in June 1938, Count Basie, remaining with that classic orchestra until it broke up in 1950. During that period, he was featured on many records, appeared in the 1944 short Jammin’ the Blues and gained his nickname “Sweets” (due to his tone) from Lester Young. In the 1950s, Edison toured with Jazz at the Philharmonic, settled in Los Angeles, and was well-featured both as a studio musician (most noticeably on Frank Sinatra records) and on jazz dates. He had several reunions with Count Basie in the 1960s and by the ’70s was often teamed with Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis; Edison also recorded an excellent duet album for Pablo with Oscar Peterson. One of the few swing trumpeters to be influenced by Dizzy Gillespie, Sweets led sessions through the years for Pacific Jazz, Verve, Roulette, Riverside, Vee-Jay, Liberty, Sue, Black & Blue, Pablo, Storyville, and Candid among others. Although his playing faded during the 1980s and ’90s, Edison could still say more with one note than nearly anyone; he died July 27, 1999, at age 83. ~ Scott Yanow

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Baden Powell, Barney Kessel, Jim Hall, Buddy Guy, Elmer Snowden – Berlin Festival Guitar Workshop (1968/2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · September 19, 2022 · Comments off

For almost half a century, the Brazilian born guitar player Baden Powell has been one of the key musicians among his country’s jazz scene. However, Powell’s work demonstrates a mastery of many classical guitar styles, from the South American tradition of flamenco to interpretations of the composer Johann Sebastian Bach. Nevertheless, on the whole Powell built his reputation as an innovator of bossa nova or the marriage of Brazilian sambas and jazz, often aided by the poet and lyricist Vinicius de Moraes. Although his popularity in the United States has never truly expanded beyond jazz and guitar aficionados, Powell’s name has been virtually a household word in Europe from the early 1960s, when he relocated to that continent for several decades.

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Barney Kessel – Supreme Jazz (2006) MCH SACD ISO + DSF DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

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One of the finest guitarists to emerge after the death of Charlie Christian, Barney Kessel was a reliable bop soloist throughout his career. He played with a big band fronted by Chico Marx (1943), was fortunate enough to appear in the classic jazz short Jammin’ the Blues (1944), and then worked with the big bands of Charlie Barnet (1944-1945) and Artie Shaw (1945); he also recorded with Shaw’s Gramercy Five. Kessel became a busy studio musician in Los Angeles, but was always in demand for jazz records. From the mid-40s until the early 90s he was one of the most in-demand guitarists in jazz.

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Barney Kessel – El Tigre (1957/2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · July 25, 2022 · Comments off

All of the studio collaborations by the great tenor player Harold Land and guitar master Barney Kessel. The first album, El Tigre, was also issued under Jimmy Rowles’ name with the no-less-florid-title of Let’s Get Acquainted With Jazz…For People Who Hate Jazz!. Although all of it was recorded on the same date, Harold Land and trumpeter Pete Candoli alternate as the only horns on the various tracks, but they never play a note together!

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Barney Kessel, Shelly Manne, Ray Brown – The Poll Winners (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Barney Kessel, Shelly Manne, Ray Brown - The Poll Winners (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz] Download

The Poll Winners is an album by jazz guitarist Barney Kessel with drummer Shelly Manne and bassist Ray Brown that was recorded in 1957 and released by Contemporary Records. The album was the first of five to be released by the group.
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