Barney Kessel and his Men - Breakfast at Tiffany's - Original 1962 Jazz LP
LP

Barney Kessel and his Men - Breakfast at Tiffany's

Label: Reprise Records

R9-6019

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo

Record VG++ clean
Cover VG+ VG++ hole punch and 1/2 inch minor cornerwear top right


Country:

US

Released: 1961

Genre: Jazz







Tracklist




A1 Moon River


A2 Something For Cat


A3 Sally's Tomato


A4 Mr. Yunoshi


A5 The Big Blow Out


A6 Hub Caps And Tail Lights







B1 Breakfast At Tiffany's


B2 Latin Golightly


B3 Holly


B4 Loose Caboose


B5 The Big Heist


B6 Moon River Cha Cha






Those seeking Barney Kessel's legendary jazz stylings should look elsewhere. As a guitarist in the `50s, Kessel was renowned for his cool, bop-inspired playing in small quartets on sessions with the Contemporary label. But in the early `60s he signed with Reprise and embarked on a series of pop records. This was hardly new territory for Kessel, as he'd been backing pop musicians for years, and was a first-call guitarist for pop titans like Phil Spector; but as a front-man, this was a break from the jazz sessions he'd previously led. On his debut for Reprise, Kessel reinterpreted Henry Mancini's soundtrack for Breakfast at Tiffany's with a septet that included the superb playing of Paul Horn on saxophone and flute. This is a fair distance from the harder jazz Kessel had been recording, but not nearly as out-and-out pop as his next album, Bossa Nova. Here he leans on the jazz roots of Mancini's compositions and swings some original solos on "The Big Blow Out" and "Loose Caboose."


Barney Kessel - The Big Blow Out