Contemporary Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks

Vol. 3, To Swing Or Not To Swing

Barney Kessel

Recorded	Mar 28 & Jul 26, 1955
Label	Contemporary Records
Catalog	C3513
Released	1955
Personnel	9 credited players
Discogs	master 142690

The record

Horns and drummers stack two-deep here, yet the session favors loose, conversational swing over any big-band bluster. Sweets Edison's brass against the Auld-Perkins tenors gives this Contemporary date a miniature-orchestra warmth, guitar steering from underneath.

Session personnel

Red Mitchell — bass
Irv Cottler — drums
Shelly Manne — drums
Barney Kessel — guitar
Jimmy Rowles — piano
Al Hendrickson — rhythm guitar
Bill Perkins — tenor saxophone
Georgie Auld — tenor saxophone
Harry Edison — trumpet

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 25 pressings on file.

1956	Contemporary Records · C 3513 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · deep groove
1983	Contemporary Records · C 3513 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue · deep groove
—	Contemporary Records · C 3513 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue · deep groove
—	Contemporary Records · C 3513 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue · deep groove
1958	Contemporary Records · LAC 12058 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono · laminated sleeve
1958	Contemporary Records · LAC 12058 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1974	Contemporary Records — MONO, LIMITED EDITION
1979	Contemporary Records · GXC 3116(M) — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1984	Contemporary Records · P-7639 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1986	Contemporary Records · VDJ-1554 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono
1987	Contemporary Records · C-3513 — CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1987	Contemporary Records · C-3513 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1987	Original Jazz Classics · 98.641 — CD, Album, Reissue
1987	Contemporary Records · C-3513 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo