Easy Like

Easy Like, Volume 1
Studio album by Barney Kessell
Released 1956
Recorded November 14, 1953, December 19, 1953 and February 23, 1956
Studio Contemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles, California
Genre Jazz
Length 46:04
Label Contemporary
Producer Lester Koenig
Barney Kessel chronology
Easy Like, Volume 1
(1956)		 Kessel Plays Standards
(1954)

Easy Like, Volume 1 is an album by jazz guitarist Barney Kessel that was released by Contemporary Records in 1956. Eight songs were released on the 10-inch album Barney Kessel which were recorded in 1953, while other songs were recorded in 1956.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

In the Allmusic review, Scott Yanow states that "the set features Kessel in boppish form".[2]

Track listing

All tracks written by Barney Kessel except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Easy Like"4:04
2."Tenderly" (Walter Gross/Jack Lawrence)4:06
3."Lullaby of Birdland" (George Shearing/George David Weiss)3:16
4."What Is There to Say?" (Vernon Duke/Yip Harburg)3:10
5."Bernardo"3:34
6."Vicky's Dream"2:37
7."Salute to Charlie Christian"2:52
8."That's All" (Alan Brandt/Bob Haymes)3:18
9."I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" (Duke Ellington/Irving Mills/Henry Nemo/John Redmond)4:12
10."Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me)" (Ellington/Lee Gaines)3:41
11."April in Paris" (Duke/Harburg)3:00
12."North of the Border"2:46
13."Easy Like (alternate take)" (Bonus track on CD)2:44
14."North of the Border (alternate take)" (Bonus track on CD)2:44

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Contemporary Records discography accessed May 25, 2015
  2. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. "Easy Like, Vol. 1". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
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