For 'Carmen' we can hear 'modern jazz performances of music adapted by Barney Kessel from the score of Bizet's Carmen'. As the liner notes attest this was.'primarily a conversational set between kindred spirits'.
All three had just won the major US jazz polls from Down Beat, Playboy and Metronome. Hardly surprising when the line up we have here alongside Barney includes Art Pepper, Jimmy Rowles, Monty Budwig and the great Shelly Manne! 'The Poll Winners' features a classic trio of jazz greats, alongside Barney are Roy Brown on bass and Shelly Manne (again) on drums. As Barney observed 'This was a lot of fun for all of us the arrangements were head arrangementsit has a relaxed loose feeling'. All but one of our selections were recorded during this period and the fourth when he was still riding high in 1959! 'Some Like It Hot'- a modern jazz album version of the songs from the classic movie 'Some Like It Hot' starring, of course, Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis. 'Some Like It Hot', 'The Poll Winners', 'Carmen' and eight of nine tracks from 'The Poll Winners Ride Again' Barney Kessel was voted the most popular jazz guitarist for three straight years between 1956- 1958 by three major US polls for Down Beat, Playboy and Metronome. AVID Jazz here presents three classic Barney Kessel albums plus including original LP liner notes on a finely re-mastered and low priced double CD.
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