Barney Kessel, Volume 3: "To Swing or Not to Swing"

Who played on Barney Kessel, Volume 3: "To Swing or Not to Swing"

• Al Hendrickson guitar all tracks
• Barney Kessel guitar all tracks
• Jimmy Rowles piano all tracks
• Red Mitchell double bass, bass all tracks
• Harry “Sweets” Edison trumpet on 7 tracks
• Shelly Manne drums (drum set) on 7 tracks
• Georgie Auld tenor saxophone on 4 tracks
• Irv Cottler drums (drum set) on 4 tracks
• Bill Perkins tenor saxophone on 3 tracks

Tracklist

1. A1 Begin the Blues — Barney Kessel 4:29
2. A2 Louisiana — J.C. Johnson 3:57
3. A3 Happy Feeling — Barney Kessel 3:58
4. A4 Embraceable You standard — George Gershwin 3:24
5. A5 Wail Street — Barney Kessel 4:25
6. B1 (Back Home Again in) Indiana standard — James F. Hanley 3:13
7. B2 Moten Swing — Count Basie, Eddie Durham, Bennie Moten, Ira E. "Buster" Moten 3:58
8. B3 Midnight Sun standard — Sonny Burke, Lionel Hampton, Johnny Mercer 3:10
9. B4 Contemporary Blues — Barney Kessel 4:09
10. B5 Don't Blame Me standard — Jimmy McHugh 2:58
11. B6 Twelfth Street Rag — Euday L. Bowman 2:55

Production

• John Palladino engineer
• Lester Koenig producer

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