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Barney Kessel · 1955 · Original de Kessel avec Bill Perkins et Shelly Manne, séance de mars 1955

Context

Composition by Kessel recorded on 28 March 1955 in Los Angeles, at the session that brought together Bill Perkins on tenor and Shelly Manne on drums. It appears on To Swing or Not to Swing, released on Contemporary.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to West Coast, Swing, big bands. 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

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

Sources

• EN: To Swing or Not to Swing

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