Barney Kessel - Music To Listen To Barney Kessel By (2020)

Tracklist

01. Cheerful Little Earful
02. Makin' Whoopee
03. My Reverie
04. Blues For A Playboy
05. Love Is For The Very Young
06. Carioca
07. Mountain Greenery
08. Indian Summer
09. Gone With The Wind
10. Laura
11. I Love You
12. Fascinating Rhythm

Barney Kessel celebrated his domination of the 1956 magazine polls with one of the most challenging and unprecedented albums of his career, a twelve-tune recital where his guitar is surrounded by five woodwinds and a rhythm section playing his own crystalline scores. While the main focus is on the leader, such talented associates as Buddy Collette, André Previn, Jimmy Rowles, Red Mitchell, and Shelly Manne are also on hand to lend support. Among the many fine tune choices, two beautiful David Raksin compositions are given special treatment, as Kessel plays Love Is for the Very Young (The Bad and the Beautiful) accompanied by the woodwinds only, and Laura as a duet with bassist Mitchell.