A Session with Chet Atkins

A Session with Chet Atkins is the third studio album recorded by American guitarist Chet Atkins. It features Atkins introducing standard pop and jazz melded with country sensibilities. The liner notes state this is the first use of a celeste on a country record. The musicians include Homer and Jethro in the rhythm section. Atkins uses his new EchoSonic amplifier for the first time on his recordings.[1]

A Session with Chet Atkins
Studio album by
Chet Atkins
ReleasedDecember 1954
GenreCountry, pop
Length33:09
LabelRCA Victor LPM-1090 (Mono)
Chet Atkins chronology
Stringin' Along with Chet Atkins
(1953)		 A Session with Chet Atkins
(1954)		 Stringin' Along with Chet Atkins
(1955)
Alternative Cover
The 1961 re-issue LP cover.

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [2]

Allmusic music critic Richard S. Ginell praised the album and wrote "With a roomful of crack Nashville session men, Chet Atkins' first 12-inch album is one joyful, yet sophisticated and controlled compilation of mostly standard pop and jazz tunes all decked out country-style."[2]

Track listing

Side one
  1. "South" (Ray Charles, Thamon Hayes, Bennie Moten) – 2:45
  2. "(Back Home Again in) Indiana" (James F. Hanley, Ballard MacDonald) – 3:20
  3. "Alabama Jubilee" (George Cobb, Jack Yellen) – 2:35
  4. "Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue)" (George Brown, Peter DeRose) – 2:40
  5. "Red Wing" (Kerry Mills) – 2:22
  6. "Ol' Man River" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 2:32

Side two
  1. "Caravan" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol) – 3:25
  2. "Corrine, Corrina" (Chatmon, Mitchell Parish, J. Mayo Williams) – 2:20
  3. "The Birth of the Blues" (Lew Brown, Buddy G. DeSylva, Ray Henderson) – 3:20
  4. "A Gay Ranchero" (J. J. Espinosa, Francia Luban) – 2:35
  5. "Frankie and Johnny" (Traditional) – 2:35
  6. "Honeysuckle Rose" (Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) – 2:40

A 2-EP gatefold with the red cover was released in 1955. The tracks were:

  1. "South"
  2. "Alabama Jubilee"
  3. "The Birth of the Blues"
  4. "A Gay Ranchero"
  5. "Have You Ever Been Lonely"
  6. "Frankie and Johnny"

Personnel

References
  1. Atkins, Chet and Cochran, Russ. (2003). "Me and My Guitars". Milwaukee. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 0-634-05565-8.
  2. Ginell, Richard S. "A Session with Chet Atkins > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
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