Barney Kessel - Spontaneous Combustion

This excellent straight-ahead set (which has been reissued on CD along with a "bonus" cut, "Shaw Nuff") finds pianist Monty Alexander, along with bassist John Clayton and drummer Jeff Hamilton, lighting a fire under guitarist Barney Kessel and pushing him to some of his more heated playing. Kessel performs four of his better originals plus "'Round Midnight," "Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life," "Everything I Have Is Yours" and "Get Me to the Church on Time," sounding inspired by the company he was keeping. Recommended.

Scott Yanow

Source : http://www.allmusic.com/album/spontaneous-combustion-r142151

Barney Kessel
Spontaneous Combustion

Tracks

1 Moonlight Walk (Kessel) 5:19
2 Bluesy (Kessel) 6:07
3 'Round Midnight (Hanighen, Monk, Williams) 5:44
4 Star Fire (Kessel) 7:34
5 Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life (Herbert, Young) 5:38
6 Almost the Blues (Kessel) 7:27
7 Everything I Have Is Yours (Adamson, Lane) 4:13
8 Get Me to the Church on Time (Lerner, Loewe) 6:37
9 Shaw 'Nuff (Brown, Fuller, Gillespie, Parker) 5:34

Personnel
Barney Kessel - g
Monty Alexander - p
John Clayton - b
Jeff Hamilton - dr

Recorded at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley ; February 20-22, 1987