Barney Kessel The Poll Winners LP 180g Vinyl QRP Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds Series USA
Title: The Poll Winners
Catalog Number: CR00386
Label: Contemporary Records
Reissued by: Craft Recordings
Barcode: 888072240919
Edition: 70th Anniversary Edition
Original release year: 1957
Reissue year: 2022
Number of discs: 1
Revolutions per minute: 33⅓ rpm
Disc size: 12"
Vinyl Weight Grade: 180gr
Total Item Weight: 337gr
Pressing country: USA
For Market Release in: USA
Added to catalog on: August 7, 2022
Collection: Contemporary Acoustic Sounds Series
Note: Never eligible for any further discounts
Vinyl Gourmet Club: Yes
Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds Series, from Craft Recordings and Acoustic Sounds, begins with six album releases from the Contemporary Records catalog, celebrating 70 years of the legendary jazz label. The releases are supervised by Chad Kassem with each title, originally engineered by Roy DuNann and/or Howard Holzer, mastered all-analog by Bernie Grundman and pressed at QRP!
- Contemporary Records' 70th Anniversary
- Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds Series
- 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl
- All-Analog Mastering from the Original Tapes
- Cut by Bernie Grundman
- Pressed at Quality Record Pressings QRP, USA
- Stoughton Old-Style Tip-On Cover
Craft Recordings and Acoustic Sounds are proud to announce the Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds series, which begins with six album releases from the Contemporary Records catalog, celebrating 70 years of the legendary jazz label. The releases are supervised by Chad Kassem, CEO of Acoustic Sounds, the world's largest source for audiophile recordings.
Each title, originally engineered by Roy DuNann and/or Howard Holzer, features all-analog mastering from the original tapes by legendary engineer Bernie Grundman (himself a former employee of the label), as well as unsurpassed audiophile pressing on 180-gram vinyl at Quality Record Pressings, presented in a Stoughton Printing old-style tip-on jacket.
The series highlights gems from Contemporary's extraordinary catalog and features artists who both defined and expanded the sound of West Coast jazz.
1957's The Poll Winners was the first of five all-star trio sessions featuring the dazzling interplay of guitarist Barney Kessel, drummer Shelly Manne and bassist Ray Brown. For The Poll Winners, Kessel, Manne, and Brown did not record together simply because they all happened to have won first place on their respective instruments in the Down Beat, Playboy, and Metronome polls.
Their collaboration was due to mutual respect, and their sensitivity to one another's musical requirements. Here, in a set composed mainly of pop and jazz standards, they represent the ultimate in their fields, constituting a rhythm section that also provides brilliant solo interludes by all three members. Collectively, Kessel, Manne, and Brown won dozens of polls over the years; this record eloquently tells you why.
Musicians:
Barney Kessel - guitar
Shelly Manne - drums
Ray Brown - bass
Track Listing:
Side A
01. Jordu
02. Satin Doll
03. It Could Happen to You
04. Mean to Me
Side B
05. Don't Worry 'bout Me
06. Green Dolphin Street
07. You Go to My Head
08. Minor Mood
09. Nagasaki
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