Easy Like

Easy Like
Studio album by Barney Kessell
Released 1956
Recorded November 14 and December 19, 1953 and February 23, 1956
Contemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles, California
Genre Jazz
Length 46:04
Label Contemporary C3511
Producer Lester Koenig
Barney Kessel chronology
Easy Like
(1953-56)		 Kessel Plays Standards
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Easy Like (subtitled Barney Kessel Volume 1) is an album by guitarist Barney Kessel released on the Contemporary label and featuring eight tracks originally released on the Barney Kessel 10-inch album which were recorded at sessions in 1953 along with additional tracks from 1956.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states: "the set features Kessel in boppish form ".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Barney Kessel excep as indicated

  1. "Easy Like" - 4:04
  2. "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) - 4:06
  3. "Lullaby of Birdland" (George Shearing, George David Weiss) - 3:16
  4. "What Is There to Say?" (Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg) - 3:10
  5. "Bernardo" - 3:34
  6. "Vicky's Dream" - 2:37
  7. "Salute to Charlie Christian" - 2:52
  8. "That's All" (Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes) - 3:18
  9. "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Henry Nemo, John Redmond) - 4:12
  10. "Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me)" (Ellington, Lee Gaines) - 3:41
  11. "April in Paris" (Duke, Harburg) - 3:00
  12. "North of the Border" - 2:46
  13. "Easy Like" [alternate take] - 2:44 Bonus track on CD reissue
  14. "North of the Border" [alternate take] - 2:44 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Contemporary Records discography accessed May 25, 2015
  2. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Easy Like – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
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