Easy Like

1956 studio album by Barney Kessel
Easy Like, Volume 1
Studio album by
Barney Kessel
Released1956
RecordedNovember 14 & December 19, 1953, and February 23, 1956
StudioContemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles, California
GenreJazz
Length46:04
LabelContemporary
ProducerLester Koenig
Barney Kessel chronology
Easy Like, Volume 1
(1956) 		Kessel Plays Standards
(1954)

Easy Like, Volume 1 (subtitled Barney Kessel Volume 1) is an album by jazz guitarist Barney Kessel that was released by Contemporary Records in 1956. Eight songs were released on the 10-inch album Barney Kessel which were recorded in 1953, while other songs were recorded in 1956.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

In the Allmusic review, Scott Yanow states that "the set features Kessel in boppish form".[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Barney Kessel except where noted

No.TitleLength
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)" (Bonus track on CD)2:44
14."North of the Border (alternate take)" (Bonus track on CD)2:44

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Contemporary Records discography accessed May 25, 2015
  2. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. "Easy Like, Vol. 1". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 820. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.