Kessel,Barney To Swing Or Not To Swing CD

Digitally remastered and expanded edition of the Jazz great's complete original 1955 album to Swing Or Not to Swing. This fantastic LP features Kessel swinging along with Harry "Sweets" Edison, Bill Perkins and Shelly Manne, and also showcases the guitarist on four tracks backed only by the rhythm section. As a bonus, we have added a complete 1957 quintet session that also features Shelly Manne, as well as five further tracks which find Kessel in quintet (with Bob Cooper on tenor sax), quartet and duo formats. Poll Winners.

1. Begin the Blues 2. Louisiana 3. Happy Feeling 4. Embraceable You 5. Wail Street 6. Indiana 7. Moten Swing 8. Midnight Sun 9. Contemporary Blues 10. Don't Blame Me 11. 12th Street Rag 12. Let's Cook 13. Time Remembered 14. Just in Time 15. Love Is Here to Stay 16. On a Slow Boat to China 17. My Old Flame 18. A Foggy Day 19. 64 Bars on Wilshire