Barney Kessel Plays "Some Like It Hot"

This CD reissue brings back the original 1959 Barney Kessel LP of the same name and adds two alternate takes. The release of the movie Some Like It Hot served as a good excuse for guitarist Kessel to join together with Art Pepper (switching between alto, clarinet, and tenor), trumpeter Joe Gordon, pianist Jimmy Rowles, rhythm guitarist Jack Marshall, bassist Monty Budwig, and drummer Shelly Manne to interpret a variety of vintage numbers, most of which date from the 1920s. Such tunes as "I Wanna Be Loved by You," "Runnin' Wild," "Down Among the Sheltering Palms," and "By the Beautiful Sea" are given fairly modern arrangements but still retain the flavor of the 1920s, and it is particularly interesting to hear Gordon and Pepper soloing on these ancient songs.

Scott Yanow

http://www.allmusic.com/album/some-like-it-hot-r142150

Barney Kessel

Some Like It Hot

Tracks

1 Some Like It Hot (Malneck)  4:15
2 I Wanna Be Loved by You (Kalmar, Ruby, Stothart)  3:37
3 Stairway to the Stars* (Malneck, Parish, Signorelli)  3:16
4 Sweet Sue (Harris, Young)  4:42
5 Runnin' Wild (Gibbs, Grey, Wood)  3:19
6 Sweet Georgia Brown (Bernie, Casey, Pinkard)  3:39
7 Down Among the Sheltering Palms (Brockman, Olman)  4:01
8 Sugar Blues (Fletcher, Sampson, Williams)  3:24
9 I'm Thru with Love* (Kahn, Livingston, Malneck)  3:14
10 By the Beautiful Sea (Carroll)  3:10
11 Sweet Sue [alt. take*] (Harris, Young)  4:48
12 Runnin' Wild [alt. take*] (Gibbs, Grey, Wood)  6:31

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Personnel

Barney Kessel - g

Art Pepper - cl, as & ts

Joe Gordon - tp

Jimmy Rowles - p

Jack Marshall - rhth g

Monty Budwig - b

Shelly Manne - dr

Recorded in Contemporary's Studio in Los Angeles ; March 30-31, 1959 & April 3, 1959*