Workin' Out! with the Barney Kessel Quartet

Workin' Out! with the Barney Kessel Quartet is an album by guitarist Barney Kessel recorded in 1961 and released on the Contemporary label.[1]

Workin' Out! with the Barney Kessel Quartet
Studio album by
Released1961
RecordedJanuary 9 & 10, 1961
StudioContemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles, California
GenreJazz
Length43:16
LabelContemporary M3585/S7585
ProducerLester Koenig
Barney Kessel chronology
Exploring the Scene!
(1960)
Workin' Out! with the Barney Kessel Quartet
(1961)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
(1961)

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [2]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states: "Nothing all that unusual occurs, but the music is fine modern mainstream jazz from the early '60s".[2]

Track listing edit

  1. "Good Li'l Man" (Marvin Jenkins) - 3:24
  2. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 5:47
  3. "Spanish Scenery" (Barney Kessel) - 6:32
  4. "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" (Louis Lambert) - 6:20
  5. "New Rhumba" (Ahmad Jamal) - 5:45
  6. "My Man's Gone Now" (Gershwin, Heyward) - 6:31
  7. "My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 4:47
  8. "Pedal Point" (Kessel) - 4:10

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ Contemporary Records discography accessed May 25, 2015
  2. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Workin' Out! – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 25, 2015.