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Barney Kessel - Live At The Jazz Mill 1954 (2016) [Bop, Cool, West Coast Jazz]; FLAC (tracks+.cue)

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Barney Kessel - Live At The Jazz Mill 1954 (2016) [Bop, Cool, West Coast Jazz]; FLAC (tracks+.cue)

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Artist: Barney Kessel
Album: Live At The Jazz Mill 1954
Genre: Bop, Cool, West Coast Jazz
Label: Modern Harmonic/Sundazed Music
Released: 2016
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
  1. Strike Up The Band (5:40)
  2. How About You (6:45)
  3. Get Happy (4:49)
  4. Stardust (3:54)
  5. Seven Come Eleven (5:41)
  6. Rose Room (7:50)
  7. Somebody Loves Me (6:05)
  8. Embraceable You (3:52)

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    Personnel:
  • Barney Kessel - guitar
    With The Jazz Millers:
  • Pete Jolly - piano
  • Gene Stoffell - bass
  • Art Kile - drums

A fantastic addition to the Barney Kessel catalog of the 50s – a never-heard live set that has the guitarist in form that's every bit as strong as his famous albums for Contemporary Records! In fact, the strength of the recording may well capture Kessel at a level that beats those sessions – as Barney's playing live, with a bit more bite – and really grabs us with the strong tone on his solos – and the sense of energy he gets in a quartet that also includes a young Pete Jolly on piano! The recording quality is excellent – crystal-clear, and very focused – and the set isn't one of those lost tapes that should have stayed "lost" – but instead a real lost chapter in Barney's tremendous career.
Unearthed tape from a jazz icon. Thanks to a 21-year-old with a tape machine, we can all experience the majesty of guitar legend Barney Kessel at his 1954 best!

Even if you don't know Barney Kessel, you know Barney Kessel – as a first-string member of the group of LA session musicians nicknamed "The Wrecking Crew," Kessel's guitar is heard on just about every LA-based hit you'd care to name from the 60s, including songs by the Monkees and The Beach Boys' legendary Smile LP. And that's Kessel's playing on the famous "fight music" from the Star Trek TV series. He was regarded as the very best of the session guitarists by just about everyone around, and guitarists everywhere site him as an influence.

But before he played rock and roll, Kessel was a jazz pioneer – as one of the leading lights of the hard-bop movement, his jazz guitar was legendary, and he was ranked the No. 1 guitarist in Down Beat and Playboy for numerous years. He played with Sonny Rollins and Oscar Peterson (and Chico Marx – yes, that Chico Marx!) as well as leading his own super-tight group. On albums such as The Poll Winners, Kessel defined the bop style with a jazz "power trio," creating a body of work that made him a legend.

Live At The Jazz Mill is a unique artifact – recorded on a tape recorder by young jazz fan Jack Miller, this live recording catches Barney Kessel in the middle of his run at the Jazz Mill with a great four-piece band. The collection, gleaned from a couple of nights' best recordings, features Kessel's spirited take on such Songbook classics as "Get Happy" and "Stardust," not to mention the Gershwin great "Embraceable You." It’s pressed on red vinyl, or on compact disc and wrapped in a sleeve which captures the unique vibe of jazz graphics of the 1950s. Get with Barney Kessel, and get with a true pioneer of the jazz form!

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