To Swing or Not to Swing

To Swing or Not to Swing
Studio album by Barney Kessell
Released 1956
Recorded March 28 & July 26, 1955
Contemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles, California
Genre Jazz
Length 46:04
Label Contemporary C3511
Producer Lester Koenig
Barney Kessel chronology
Kessel Plays Standards
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(1955)		 Music to Listen to Barney Kessel By
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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 1956.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states: " the overall result is a recording highly recommended to fans of straight-ahead jazz".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Barney Kessel except as indicated

  1. "Begin the Blues" - 4:29
  2. "Louisiana" (J. C. Johnson, Andy Razaf, Bob Schafer) - 3:57
  3. "Happy Feeling" - 3:58
  4. "Embraceable You" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:24
  5. "Wail Street" - 4:25
  6. "Back Home Again in Indiana" (James F. Hanley, Ballard MacDonald) - 3:13
  7. "Moten Swing" (Bennie Moten, Buster Moten) - 3:58
  8. "Midnight Sun" (Sonny Burke, Lionel Hampton) - 3:10
  9. "Contemporary Blues" - 4:09
  10. "Don't Blame Me" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) - 2:58
  11. "Twelfth Street Rag" (Euday L. Bowman) - 2:55
  • Recorded at Contemporary's studio in Los Angeles on March 28, 1955 (tracks 3, 5 & 9) and July 26, 1955 (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6-8, 10 & 11).

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Contemporary Records discography accessed May 25, 2015
  2. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. To Swing or Not to Swing – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
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