Barney Kessel And His Men - Breakfast At Tiffany's (1962) {2013 Japan 24-bit Remaster} [Jazz Best Collection 1000 Series]

Barney Kessel And His Men - Breakfast At Tiffany's (1962) {2013 Japan 24-bit Remaster} [Jazz Best Collection 1000 Series]

EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 211 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 81 Mb

Full Artwork @ 600 dpi (jpg) -> 99 Mb | 5% repair rar | 24-bit remaster

© 2013 Reprise / Warner Japan / Rhino | WPCR-27211 | Jazz Best Collection 1000 Series

Jazz / Bop / Cool / West Coast Jazz / Guitar

Features 24 bit remastering and comes with a mini-description. 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." Surprisingly, the soundtrack's centerpiece, "Moon River," is rendered pedestrian here, as if Kessel couldn't find anything new to say with it. This album is likely to disappoint those seeking hard-bop, in line with the guitarist's earlier works, but if you seek a variation on the original soundtrack, this is worth hearing. Personnel: Barney Kessel - guitar & banjo Bud Shank - alto sax & flute Paul Horn - sax & piccolo Victor Feldman - vibes & marimba Chuck Berghofer - bass Earl Palmer - drums tracklist: 01 - Moon River 02 - Something For Cat 03 - Sally's Tomato 04 - Mr. Yunioshi 05 - The Big Blow Out 06 - Hub Caps And Tail Lights 07 - Breakfast At Tiffany's 08 - Latin Golightly 09 - Holly 10 - Loose Caboose 11 - The Big Heist 12 - Moon River Cha Cha