Barney Kessel - The Barney Kessel Story - Honey Rock 1954-1962 [CD]

JASMINE RECORDS

£12.73

Cat. no: JASCD894
Format: CD
Barcode: 604988089424
Release Date: 09 Jun 2023
Genre: Jazz

In the 1950s Barney Kessel was acknowledged as the premier Jazz guitarist in the US, routinely voted #1 in Esquire, Downbeat and Playboy magazine polls

Famous for his knowledge of chords, inversions and chord-based melodies, he recorded at least one solo LP per year, plus endless sessions and guest appearances.

This compilation is drawn from his seventeen solo albums recorded between 1954 and 1962, largely for the specialist Contemporary label.

Two "bonus cuts" are included; Julie London's sumptuous 'Cry Me A River' from 1955, which is in essence a Barney Kessel guitar master- tutorial with vocal accompaniment, plus his own unlikely R&R hit, 'Honey Rock', which appeared on the fip of Ricky Nelson's million-selling 'You're My One And Only Love' in 1957.

Kessel would go on to become one of the leading lights in LA's legendary Wrecking Crew, during the 60s, before resuming his love affair with Jazz in the late 70s.

Tracks: Salute To Charlie Christian / Bernardo / Love Is Here To Stay / Barney's Blues / Indiana / Contemporary Blues / Julie London o Cry Me A River / Easy Like / April In Paris / Cheerful Little Earful / Blues For A Playboy / Carioca / Time Remembered / Just In Time / Jordu / Green Dolphin Street / El Tigre / Cheeta's For Two / Honey Rock / Bee Deedle Dee Do / Custard Puff / The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down / Swingin' The Toreador / The Gypsy's Hip / Sweet Sue / Sugar Blues / Soft Winds / Crisis / Little Susie / Doodlin' / Li'l Darlin' / Joy Spring / Miss Memphis / A String Of Pearls / It Ain't Necessarily So / Tumbling Tumbleweeds / When Johnny Comes Marching Home / My Funny Valentine / Something For Cat / The Big Heist