Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis, Charlie Byrd - Great Guitars: Live (2CD Set) (2001)

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Artist: Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis, Charlie Byrd
Title: Great Guitars: Live
Year Of Release: 2001
Label: Concord Records
Genre: Jazz, Guitar
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 01:33:25
Total Size: 489 Mb
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

CD 1: Great Guitars at the Winery (1980)
01. Broadway (DeSylva-Brown-Henderson) - 5:44
02. Air Mail Special (Mundy-Goodman-Christian) - 4:55
03. Body and Soul (Green-Heyman-Sour-Eyton) - 4:51
04. You Took Advantage of Me (Rodgers-Hart) - 2:53
05. So Danco Samba (Jobim-De Moraes) - 4:31
06. Sheik of Araby (Smith-Wheeler-Snyder) - 5:26
07. Strighten Up and Fly Right (Cole-Mills) - 5:43
08. Just in Time (Comden-Green-Styne) - 3:37
09. The Talk of the Town (Kahn-Cohn) - 6:46

Personnel:
Charlie Byrd, Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis - guitar
Joe Byrd - bass
Jimmie Smith - drums

Recorded live at the Paul Masson Mountain Winery, Saratoga, CA in July 1980.

This exciting live session is pretty definitive of the Great Guitars. With fine support offered by bassist Joe Byrd and drummer Jimmie Smith, guitarists Charlie Byrd, Barney Kessel and Herb Ellis romp on such swinging numbers as "Broadway," "Air Mail Special" and "Straighten Up and Fly Right." As usual, Byrd, with his grounding in classical guitar, is the most distinctive, while Kessel and Ellis constantly pay tribute to Charlie Christian. This combination worked quite well, and each of the Great Guitars' five recordings are easily recommended to fans of bop guitar.

CD 2: Great Guitars at Charlie's Georgetown (1982)
01. Where or When (Rodgers-Hart) - 4:37
02. New Orleans (Carmichael) - 6:47
03. When the Saints Go Marching In (Trad.) - 3:14
04. Change Partners (Berlin) - 3:59
05. Pensive (Cohn) - 5:49
06. Opus One (Oliver) - 4:28
07. Old Folks (Hill-Robison) - 4:26
08. Get Happy (Arlen-Koehler) - 5:55
09. Danielle (Cohn) - 3:46
10. Trouble in Mind (Jones) - 5:59

Personnel:
Charlie Byrd, Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis - guitar
Joe Byrd - bass
Chuck Redd - drums

Recorded live at Charlie's Georgetown, Washington D.C. in August 1982.

The Great Guitars' fifth and final recording with their original three guitarists (Charlie Byrd, Herb Ellis and Barney Kessel) is another excellent effort, although a bit lazier than their previous records. Bassist Joe Byrd and drummer Chuck Redd contribute tasteful support. Other than "Get Happy," most of the selections (which include "Where or When," "Opus One," "Old Folks" and even a soulful "When the Saints Go Marching In") are taken at slow to medium tempos, but the interplay between the guitarists is always impressive and swinging.

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