Poll Winners Three!

1960 studio album by Barney Kessel, Shelly Manne & Ray Brown

Poll Winners Three! is an album by guitarist Barney Kessel with drummer Shelly Manne and bassist Ray Brown, recorded in 1959 and released on the Contemporary label.[1] The album was the third of five to be released by the group.

Poll Winners Three!
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Studio album by
Released1960
RecordedNovember 2, 1959
StudioContemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles, California
GenreJazz
Length38:33
LabelContemporary C3576/S7576
ProducerLester Koenig
Barney Kessel chronology
Some Like It Hot
(1959)
Poll Winners Three!
(1960)
Barney Kessel's Swingin' Party
(1960)

Reception

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

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow called it a "fairly typical but swinging straightahead set".[2]

Track listing

  1. "Soft Winds" (Benny Goodman) - 4:14
  2. "Crisis" (Barney Kessel) - 3:49
  3. "The Little Rhumba" (Shelly Manne) - 3:41
  4. "Easy Living" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) - 3:20
  5. "It's All Right with Me" (Cole Porter) - 3:41
  6. "Mack the Knife" (Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht) - 3:53
  7. "Rain Check" (Billy Strayhorn) - 3:07
  8. "Minor Mystery" (Ray Brown) - 5:50
  9. "I'm Afraid the Masquerade Is Over" (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) - 4:34
  10. "I Hear Music" (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) - 2:53

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Contemporary Records discography accessed May 21, 2015
  2. ^ 2.0 2.1 Yanow, Scott. The Poll Winners Ride Again! – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 821. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.