Music to Listen to Barney Kessel By is an album by guitarist Barney Kessel recorded at sessions in 1956 and released on the Contemporary label.[1]
The Allmusic review by Rovi Staff states: "Featured is Kessel's guitar with five woodwinds and a rhythm section".[2]
- "Cheerful Little Earful" (Harry Warren, Ira Gershwin, Billy Rose) - 3:24
- "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) - 3:18
- "My Reverie" (Claude Debussy, Larry Clinton) - 2:30
- "Blues for a Playboy" (Barney Kessel) - 3:58
- "Love Is for the Very Young" (David Raksin) - 2:27
- "Carioca" (Vincent Youmans, Edward Eliscu, Gus Kahn) - 4:30
- "Mountain Greenery" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 3:46
- "Indian Summer" (Victor Herbert, Al Dubin) - 4:58
- "Gone with the Wind" (Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson) - 2:45
- "Laura" (Raskin, Johnny Mercer) - 3:23
- "I Love You" (Cole Porter) - 3:27
- "Fascinating Rhythm" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 2:27
- Recorded at Contemporary's studio in Los Angeles on August 6, 1956 (tracks 2, 9, 11 & 12), October 15, 1956 (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 6) and December 4, 1956 (tracks 5, 7, 8 & 10).
- Barney Kessel - guitar
- Buddy Collette - flute, alto flute, clarinet (tracks 2, 9, 11 & 12)
- Junie Cobb - oboe, English horn
- George W. Smith - clarinet
- Justin Gordon - clarinet, bass clarinet
- Howard Terry - clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon
- André Previn (tracks 2, 9, 11 & 12), Jimmy Rowles (tracks 1, 3-6, 8 & 10), Claude Williamson (track 7) - piano
- Buddy Clark - bass
- Shelly Manne - drums
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