Barney Kessel - 1957 - Music To Listen To Barney Kessel By

Tracklist: 

1. "Cheerful Little Earful" (Harry Warren, Ira Gershwin, Billy Rose) - 3:24

2. "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) - 3:18

3. "My Reverie" (Claude Debussy, Larry Clinton) - 2:30

4. "Blues for a Playboy" (Barney Kessel) - 3:58

5. "Love Is for the Very Young" (David Raksin) - 2:27

6. "Carioca" (Vincent Youmans, Edward Eliscu, Gus Kahn) - 4:30

7. "Mountain Greenery" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 3:46

8. "Indian Summer" (Victor Herbert, Al Dubin) - 4:58

9. "Gone with the Wind" (Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson) - 2:45

10. "Laura" (Raskin, Johnny Mercer) - 3:23

11. "I Love You" (Cole Porter) - 3:27

12. "Fascinating Rhythm" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 2:27

Recorded at Contemporary's studio in Los Angeles on August 6, 1956 (tracks 2, 9, 11 & 12), October 15, 1956 (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 6) and December 4, 1956 (tracks 5, 7, 8 & 10).

Barney Kessel - guitar

Buddy Collette - flute, alto flute, clarinet (tracks 2, 9, 11 & 12)

Junie Cobb - oboe, English horn

George W. Smith - clarinet

Justin Gordon - clarinet, bass clarinet

Howard Terry - clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon

André Previn (tracks 2, 9, 11 & 12), Jimmy Rowles (tracks 1, 3–6, 8 & 10), Claude Williamson (track 7) - piano

Buddy Clark - bass

Shelly Manne - drums