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To Swing or Not to Swing 
Summary
To Swing or Not to Swing (subtitled Barney Kessel Volume 3) is an album by guitarist Barney Kessel released on the Contemporary label which was recorded at sessions in 1955.[1]
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| Released | 1956 | |||
| Recorded | March 28 & July 26, 1955 | |||
| Studio | Contemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles, California | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 40:24 | |||
| Label | Contemporary C3511 | |||
| Producer | Lester Koenig | |||
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Reception edit
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |  [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [3] |
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "the overall result is a recording highly recommended to fans of straight-ahead jazz".[2]
Track listing edit
All compositions by Barney Kessel, except as indicated
- "Begin the Blues" - 4:29
- "Louisiana" (J. C. Johnson, Andy Razaf, Bob Schafer) - 3:57
- "Happy Feeling" - 3:58
- "Embraceable You" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:24
- "Wail Street" - 4:25
- "Back Home Again in Indiana" (James F. Hanley, Ballard MacDonald) - 3:13
- "Moten Swing" (Bennie Moten, Buster Moten) - 3:58
- "Midnight Sun" (Sonny Burke, Lionel Hampton) - 3:10
- "Contemporary Blues" - 4:09
- "Don't Blame Me" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) - 2:58
- "Twelfth Street Rag" (Euday L. Bowman) - 2:55
- Recorded at Contemporary's studio in Los Angeles on March 28, 1955 (tracks 3, 5 & 9) and July 26, 1955 (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6-8, 10 & 11).
Personnel edit
- Barney Kessel - guitar
- Harry Edison - trumpet (tracks 2, 3 & 6-10)
- Georgie Auld (tracks 2, 6, 7 & 12), Bill Perkins (tracks 3, 5 & 9) - tenor saxophone
- Jimmy Rowles - piano
- Al Hendrickson - guitar
- Red Mitchell - bass
- Irv Cottler (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6-8, 10 & 11), Shelly Manne (tracks 3, 5 & 9) - drums
References edit
- ^ Contemporary Records discography accessed May 25, 2015
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. To Swing or Not to Swing – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 820. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.