Barney Kessel - Kessel Plays Standards
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Music Reviews of Kessel Plays Standards
Music Review: Kessel & Coop Swing Unconventionally
Rating: 5 Stars
I'm generally not a big fan of experimental instrumentation in jazz, especially swing. I like the traditional ensembles with saxes, trumpets, trombones, bass, piano & drums (preferably brushes). But this disc is an exception. It features swing guitarist Barney Kessel with a first rate (if traditional) rhythm section and the unusual addition of west coast tenorman Bob Cooper on (wait for it).....oboe! But what a treat! On the tracks where the oboe is featured it's done really well and counters the guitar in a relaxed and natural way. A big part of it is the careful arranging work - very impressive. Recorded in 54 and 55, this disc features 12 tracks, no alternate takes, and if you didn't guess from the title, they're all standards - both swinging up tempo charts and ballads. Highly recommended swing guitar with a twist.Music Review: Barney Was Great! So Is This Collection!
Rating: 5 Stars
The late, great Barney Kessel could play guitar with his feet better than Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton----with all of their fuzz boxes, distortion chambers, and inane three chord, twelve barre redundancy----could play with their hands. Listen to Kessel play on "Our Love Is Here To Stay" and "My Old Flame." That's brilliant technique. He was truly a giant among jazz guitarists. I highly recommend this collection of great American standards by a truly great American guitarist.Music Review: music on guitar
Rating: 5 Stars
For all of the technique on hand in the 21st century, most of it is empty . Barney Kessel could play whatever was put in front of him, or compose limitless variations on the spot; elite technique, always in the service of the music.