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| 1. | Little Susie
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| 2. | The Duke
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| 3. | So What
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| 4. | Misty
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| 5. | Doodlin'
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| 6. | The Golden Striker
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| 7. | Li'l Darlin'
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| 8. | The Blessing
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| 9. | This Here
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Jazz / Bop, Cool
Barney Kessel - Guitar
Joe Tarantino Remastering
Lester Koenig Liner Notes, Producer
Ray Brown Bass, Performer
Roy DuNann Engineer
Shelly Manne Drums, Performer
The Poll Winners Main Performer
William Claxton Photography
For many years, it was the habit of Barney Kessel, Shelly Manne, and Ray Brown to blow away all comers in polls conducted by jazz magazines. Since the three artists were closely associated with Contemporary Records, it seemed natural to assemble them in a studio to demonstrate what excited the admiration of critics and readers alike. The resulting albums were so successful that they created a popularity feedback loop and helped to perpetuate the winning ways of Kessel, Manne, and Brown. In his 1960 session, the victors played compositions of other jazz winners. Interpreting works of Dave Brubeck, Ray Bryant, Ornette Coleman, Miles Davis, Erroll Garner, Neal Hefti, John Lewis, Horace Silver, and Bobby Timmons, the Poll Winners once again combined hard work, talent, compatibility, and fun that led to awards for them and rewards for listeners.
For one of their better outings, the Poll Winners (guitarist Barney Kessel, bassist Ray Brown, and drummer Shelly Manne) perform nine fairly recent jazz standards. It is ironic that this is their only release not yet reissued on CD, since it may very well be their strongest program. The trio performs creative versions of such songs as "Little Susie," "So What," "Doodlin'," "This Here," and Ornette Coleman's "The Blessing." Worth searching for. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Barney Kessel
Active Decades: '40s, '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Oct 17, 1923 in Muskogee, OK
Died: May 06, 2004 in San Diego, CA
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Bop, Cool, West Coast Jazz
One of the finest guitarists to emerge after the death of Charlie Christian, Barney Kessel was a reliable bop soloist throughout his career. He played with a big band fronted by Chico Marx (1943), was fortunate enough to appear in the classic jazz short Jammin' the Blues (1944), and then worked with the big bands of Charlie Barnet (1944-1945) and Artie Shaw (1945); he also recorded with Shaw's Gramercy Five. Kessel became a busy studio musician in Los Angeles, but was always in demand for jazz records. He toured with the Oscar Peterson Trio for one year (1952-1953) and then, starting in 1953, led an impressive series of records for Contemporary that lasted until 1961 (including several with Ray Brown and Shelly Manne in a trio accurately called the Poll Winners). After touring Europe with George Wein's Newport All-Stars (1968), Kessel lived in London for a time (1969-1970). In 1973, he began touring and recording with the Great Guitars, a group also including Herb Ellis and Charlie Byrd. A serious stroke in 1992 put Barney Kessel permanently out of action, but many of his records (which include dates for Onyx, Black Lion, Sonet, and Concord, in addition to many of the Contemporaries) are available, along with several video collections put out by Vestapol. Kessel was diagnosed with inoperable cancer in 2001, which eventually took his life in May of 2004. He was 80 years old.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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