Speak Low (Barney Kessel)

Barney Kessel · 1954 · Standard de Kurt Weill pour guitare, ténor-hautbois et trio

Context

Taken from Kessel Plays Standards (Contemporary, volume 2 of the series), eight tracks of which come from the 1954 10-inch record; Kessel wanted an unprecedented instrumentation there, with Bob Cooper's oboe. Standard by Kurt Weill and Ogden Nash, recorded on 4 June 1954 in Los Angeles.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to West Coast, Cool (Birth of the Cool). 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

• Barney's Blues (1954)
• 64 Bars on Wilshire (1954)
• Begin the Blues (1955)
• Wail Street (1955)
• Moten Swing (Barney Kessel) (1955)
• Satin Doll (The Poll Winners) (1957)

Sources

• EN: Kessel Plays Standards

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