604988089424

The Barney Kessel Story - Honey Rock 1954-1962

Barney Kessel

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Format: CD

Cat No: JASCD894

Release Date:  09 June 2023

Label:  Jasmine Records

Packaging Type:  Brilliant Case (Jewel Case size, Holds 2 CDs)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  604988089424

Genres:  Jazz  Easy Listening  

  • Description

    In the 1950s Barney Kessel was acknowledged as the premier Jazz guitarist in the US, routinely voted #1 in Esquire, Downbeat and Playboy magazine polls.

    Famous for his knowledge of chords, inversions and chord-based melodies, he recorded at least one solo LP per year, plus endless sessions and guest appearances.

    This compilation is drawn from his seventeen solo albums recorded between 1954 and 1962, largely for the specialist Contemporary label.

    Two "bonus cuts" are included; Julie London's sumptuous 'Cry Me A River' from 1955, which is in essence a Barney Kessel guitar master-tutorial with vocal accompaniment, plus his own unlikely R&R hit, 'Honey Rock', which appeared on the flip of Ricky Nelson's million-selling 'You're My One And Only Love' in 1957.

    Kessel would go on to become one of the leading lights in LA's legendary Wrecking Crew, during the 60s, before resuming his love affair with Jazz in the late 70s.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Salute To Charlie Christian
      • 2. Bernardo
      • 3. Love Is Here To Stay
      • 4. Barney's Blues
      • 5. Indiana
      • 6. Contemporary Blues
      • 7. Julie London o Cry Me A River
      • 8. Easy Like
      • 9. April In Paris
      • 10. Cheerful Little Earful
      • 11. Blues For A Playboy
      • 12. Carioca
      • 13. Time Remembered
      • 14. Just In Time
      • 15. Jordu
      • 16. Green Dolphin Street
      • 17. El Tigre
      • 18. Cheeta's For Two
      • 19. Honey Rock
      • 20. Bee Deedle Dee Do
      • 21. Custard Puff
      • 22. The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down

      Disc 2

      • 1. Swingin' The Toreador
      • 2. The Gypsy's Hip
      • 3. Sweet Sue
      • 4. Sugar Blues
      • 5. Soft Winds
      • 6. Crisis
      • 7. Little Susie
      • 8. Doodlin'
      • 9. Li'l Darlin'
      • 10. Joy Spring
      • 11. Miss Memphis
      • 12. A String Of Pearls
      • 13. It Ain't Necessarily So
      • 14. Tumbling Tumbleweeds
      • 15. When Johnny Comes Marching Home
      • 16. My Funny Valentine
      • 17. Something For Cat
      • 18. The Big Heist