Barney Kessel, Vol. 1: Easy Like

by Barney Kessel

Barney Kessel, Vol. 1: Easy Like cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1956
  • Label: Contemporary
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 38:51
  • Community rating: 3.63/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Highlighting his impeccable, deeply blues-inflected single-note phrasing, the highly prolific session guitarist delivers a masterful, fiercely swinging leadership date. Supported by a stellar rhythm section, his incredibly clean, Charlie Christian-inspired melodic lines bridge the gap between relaxed West Coast cool and the muscular drive of modern bebop. The immensely accessible, technically flawless recordings firmly established him as a premier string player within the 1950s jazz landscape.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Easy Like (4:02)
  2. Tenderly (3:12)
  3. Lullaby of Birdland (3:07)
  4. What Is There to Say? (3:33)
  5. Bernardo (2:33)
  6. Vicky's Dream (2:51)
  7. Salute to Charlie Christian (3:16)
  8. That's All (4:09)
  9. I Let a Song Go out of My Heart (3:38)
  10. Just Squeeze Me (2:58)
  11. April in Paris (2:45)
  12. North of the Border (2:41)

Credits

  • Barney Kessel - Primary Artist, Written-By
  • Walter Gross - Written-By
  • George Shearing - Written-By
  • Vernon Duke - Written-By
  • Alan Brandt - Written-By
  • Bob Haynes - Written-By
  • Duke Ellington - Written-By
  • E.Y. Harburg - Written-By

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