Minor Mood

Barney Kessel, Shelly Manne & Ray Brown · 1957 · Kessel composition, on The Poll Winners (Contemporary, March 1957).

Context

The only original composition on the album The Poll Winners, "Minor Mood" is credited to Barney Kessel. It was recorded on March 18 and 19, 1957, at the Contemporary Records studio in Los Angeles, produced by Lester Koenig, by a pianoless trio of three musicians who had won the polls of the day. The first of five albums by this group, the record is regarded by AllMusic as a classic of small-group jazz guitar.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to West Coast, Hard bop. Among the origins and influences of West Coast: Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Cool (Birth of the Cool), Bossa nova, jazz samba.

By the same artist

• Satin Doll (The Poll Winners) (1957)

Sources

• EN: The Poll Winners

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