To Swing Or Not To Swing

Album To Swing Or Not To Swing by Barney Kessel

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To Swing Or Not To Swing
Disc #-Track #Song
Composer Lyrics Arranger
Musicinas
Additional Musicinas Group Name Soloists
Recording DateRecording LocationAttribution
1-1Begin The Blues

Music:Barney Kessel
Barney Kessel(gt),Al Hendrickson(r-gt),Jimmy Rowles(p),Red Mitchell(b),Irv Cottler(d) 7/26 1955
  • Contemporary’s Studio,LA,CA
  • 2 gt
1-2Louisiana

Music:J.C. Johnson
Georgie Auld(ts),Harry “Sweets” Edison(tp),Barney Kessel(gt),Al Hendrickson(r-gt),Jimmy Rowles(p),Red Mitchell(b),Irv Cottler(d) 7/26 1955
  • Contemporary’s Studio,LA,CA
  • 2 gt
1-3Happy Feeling

Music:Barney Kessel
Bill Perkins(ts),Harry “Sweets” Edison(tp),Barney Kessel(gt),Al Hendrickson(r-gt),Jimmy Rowles(p),Red Mitchell(b),Shelly Manne(d) 3/28 1955
  • Contemporary’s Studio,LA,CA
  • 2 gt
1-4Embraceable You

Music:George Gershwin , Lyrics:Ira Gershwin
Barney Kessel(gt),Al Hendrickson(r-gt),Jimmy Rowles(p),Red Mitchell(b),Irv Cottler(d) 7/26 1955
  • Contemporary’s Studio,LA,CA
  • 2 gt
1-5Wall Street

Music:Barney Kessel
Bill Perkins(ts),Harry “Sweets” Edison(tp),Barney Kessel(gt),Al Hendrickson(r-gt),Jimmy Rowles(p),Red Mitchell(b),Shelly Manne(d) 3/28 1955
  • Contemporary’s Studio,LA,CA
  • 2 gt
1-6(Back Home Again In) Indiana

Music:James F. Hanley , Lyrics:Ballard MacDonald
Georgie Auld(ts),Harry “Sweets” Edison(tp),Barney Kessel(gt),Al Hendrickson(r-gt),Jimmy Rowles(p),Red Mitchell(b),Irv Cottler(d) 7/26 1955
  • Contemporary’s Studio,LA,CA
  • 2 gt
1-7Moten Swing

Music:Bennie Moten
Georgie Auld(ts),Harry “Sweets” Edison(tp),Barney Kessel(gt),Al Hendrickson(r-gt),Jimmy Rowles(p),Red Mitchell(b),Irv Cottler(d) 7/26 1955
  • Contemporary’s Studio,LA,CA
  • 2 gt
1-8Midnight Sun

Music:Lionel Hampton,Sonny Burke , Lyrics:Johnny Mercer
Barney Kessel(gt),Al Hendrickson(r-gt),Jimmy Rowles(p),Red Mitchell(b),Irv Cottler(d) 7/26 1955
  • Contemporary’s Studio,LA,CA
  • 2 gt
1-9Contemporary Blues

Music:Barney Kessel
Bill Perkins(ts),Harry “Sweets” Edison(tp),Barney Kessel(gt),Al Hendrickson(r-gt),Jimmy Rowles(p),Red Mitchell(b),Shelly Manne(d) 3/28 1955
  • Contemporary’s Studio,LA,CA
  • 2 gt
1-10Don’t Blame Me

Music:Jimmy McHugh , Lyrics:Dorothy Fields
Barney Kessel(gt),Al Hendrickson(r-gt),Jimmy Rowles(p),Red Mitchell(b),Irv Cottler(d) 7/26 1955
  • Contemporary’s Studio,LA,CA
  • 2 gt
1-1112th Street Rag

Music:Euday L. Bowman
Georgie Auld(ts),Harry “Sweets” Edison(tp),Barney Kessel(gt),Al Hendrickson(r-gt),Jimmy Rowles(p),Red Mitchell(b),Irv Cottler(d) 7/26 1955
  • Contemporary’s Studio,LA,CA
  • 2 gt
1-12Let’s Cook

Music:Barney Kessel
Victor Feldman(vib),Barney Kessel(gt),Hampton Hawes(p),Leroy Vinnegar(b),Shelly Manne(d) 11/11 1957
  • Contemporary’s Studio,LA,CA
    1-13Time Remembered

    Music:Vernon Duke
    Victor Feldman(vib),Barney Kessel(gt),Hampton Hawes(p),Leroy Vinnegar(b),Shelly Manne(d) 11/11 1957
    • Contemporary’s Studio,LA,CA
      1-14Just In Time

      Music:Jule Styne , Lyrics:Adolph Green,Betty Comden
      Victor Feldman(vib),Barney Kessel(gt),Hampton Hawes(p),Leroy Vinnegar(b),Shelly Manne(d) 11/11 1957
      • Contemporary’s Studio,LA,CA
        1-15Our Love Is Here To Stay

        Music:George Gershwin , Lyrics:Ira Gershwin
        Barney Kessel(gt),Claude Williamson(p),Monty Budwig(b),Shelly Manne(d) 7/1 1954
        • Contemporary’s Studio,LA,CA
          1-16(I’d Like To Get You) On A Slow Boat To China

          Music:Frank Loesser , Lyrics:Frank Loesser
          Bob Cooper(ts),Barney Kessel(gt),Claude Williamson(p),Monty Budwig(b),Shelly Manne(d) 6/4 1954
          • Contemporary’s Studio,LA,CA
            1-17My Old Flame

            Music:Arthur Johnston , Lyrics:Sam Coslow
            Barney Kessel(gt),Red Mitchell(b) 9/12 2014
            • Contemporary’s Studio,LA,CA
            • Duo
            1-18A Foggy Day (In London Town)

            Music:George Gershwin , Lyrics:Ira Gershwin
            Barney Kessel(gt),Claude Williamson(p),Monty Budwig(b),Shelly Manne(d) 6/4 1954
            • Contemporary’s Studio,LA,CA
              1-1964 Bars On Wilshire

              Music:Barney Kessel
              Bob Cooper(ts),Barney Kessel(gt),Claude Williamson(p),Monty Budwig(b),Shelly Manne(d) 7/1 1954
              • Contemporary’s Studio,LA,CA