Barney Kessel - Modern Jazz Performances From Bizet's Carmen (US)
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Barney Kessel – Modern Jazz Performances From Bizet’s Carmen (US)

€199,99

During an era when many Broadway and movie scores were recorded in jazz settings (thanks in part to the success of Shelly Manne’s best-selling My Fair Lady album), guitarist Barney Kessel chose to interpret nine melodies from Bizet’s opera Carmen. The guitarist is heard in three different settings: joined by five woodwinds and a rhythm section; with five jazz horns (including altoist Herb Geller and trumpeter Ray Linn) and a trio; and with vibraphonist Victor Feldman in a quintet. Kessel also wrote the arrangements, which pay tribute to the melodies while not being shy of swinging the themes. An interesting if not essential project.

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Contemporary Records S-7563 LP, Album, Stereo 1959 US Pressing

Side 1.

1. Swingin’ The Toreador 5:46
2. A Pad On The Edge Of Town 6:42
3. If You Dig Me 4:00
4. Free As A Bird 4:56

Side 2.

1. Viva El Toro! 3:13
2. Flowersville 5:55
3. Carmen’s Cool 4:36
4. Like, There Is No Place Like… 3:56
5. The Gipsy’s Hip 3:30

Credits:

Bass – Joe Mondragon
Drums – Shelly Manne
Flute – Buddy Collette
Guitar – Barney Kessel
Piano – André Previn
Trumpet – Ray Linn
Vibraphone – Victor Feldman

Media Condition: Mint- (M-)
Sleeve Condition: Mint- (M-)

Music adapted by Barney Kessel from the score of Carmen by Georges Bizet. (c) 1959 by Composers Music, All arrangements by Barney Kessel. Recorded in Contemporary Studio in Los Angeles, December 19th and 22nd, 1958

 

 

 

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Matrix / Runout: STEREO LKS 65-Dx3
Matrix / Runout: STEREO LKS 66-D2
Rights Society: ASCAP

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Weight0,5 kg
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