One Mint Julep - Barney Kessel 1964

One Mint Julep - Barney Kessel 1964
Barney Kessel's trio in a broadcast recording in the Netherlands in 1964. With him on bass is Buddy Woodson and Stan Levey on drums.
Barney Kessel (1923 -- 2004) was an American jazz guitarist He began his career as a teenager touring with local dance bands before moving on to bands such as that led by Chico Marx. He quickly established himself as a key post-Charlie Christian jazz guitarist. In 1944 he participated in the Lester Young film "Jammin' the Blues" most of it to be seen on my youtube site, and in 1947 he recorded with Charlie Parker's New Stars on the "Relaxin' at Camarillo" session for Dial Records.
Barney Kessel is known for his innovative work in the guitar trio setting. In the 1950s, he made a series of albums called "The Poll Winners" with Ray Brown on bass and Shelly Manne on drums. Kessel was also a member of the Oscar Peterson Trio with Ray Brown in the early 1950s. The guitar chair was called the hardest gig in show business since Peterson often liked to play at breakneck tempos. Herb Ellis took over from Kessel after a year or so.
A "first call" guitarist at Columbia Pictures, during the 1960s Kessel became one of the most in-demand session guitarists in America, and is considered a key member of the group of first-call session musicians now usually known as The Wrecking Crew. In this capacity he played on hundreds of famous pop recordings. During the 1970s, Kessel presented his seminar 'The Effective Guitarist' in various locations around the world.
Kessel released several solo albums even late into his life. "The Blue Guitar" and "Kessel Plays Standards" were both released late in his career, showcasing his longevity as a performer and his undying creativity.
Kessel died of brain cancer. He had been in poor health after suffering a stroke in 1992.

[@marksimpson2321]

I'd never heard of Stan Levey before. Obviously a GREAT player. Sounds soooo good

[@titobattaglia7932]

Badass right down to the bone!

[@boco1951]

So very fine.

[@btbtek]

Barney not only swung...he rocked!

[@guitarman6742]

Yeah Man!

[@epf1961]

Correction: He JAZZED!

[@vova47]

Wonderful to see great Stan Levey play live. Thanks!

[@TheDarmardar]

the biggest solo sound of any of the jazz guitar players, and the most swinging, my favourite jazz guitar player. thanks.

[@romamruin]

Barney had that real down home bluesy sound & touch - great vid! Stan Levey was another master at his instrument. The trio cook's it up real swell!

[@timgant6396]

The one and only, RIP maestro!

[@Cass2112]

man that is pure jazz with a twist that cat can sure play some cool groove on that guitar..........nice!

[@BryanBetts]

YEAH BABY! this is THE one i have been looking for! it was posted quite some time ago, but removed for what ever reason. thank you so much for posting this version. this is a real steamer!

[@guitarpicka1]

Barney was my first Jazz Hero...what a great player...and his arrangements on `Music To Listen To Barney Kessel By`are just wonderful and to this day still very `Hip`...He is the `DUDE`.

[@bebopuser]

five years after i get what you sayin fella. he is THE man.

[@jaytea42]

probably my favorite Barney cut, pure beatnik fare, plays his butt off!

[@16pennynails]

GO MAN, GO!! Great stuff here.

[@Ianmc26]

smokin'!

[@Thrashisback]

This song is fucking insane.

[@occhei1]

wow !!!! perfect !!!!!!

[@Thrashisback]

Simply amazing 0_0

[@es330]

What a sound. This performance is nearly 60 years old and the guitar was probably a 50's model Gibson and in my opinion guitar sound hasn't been improved on one bit since. That Charlie Christian pickup on a maple top. I just fact checked myself....It's a 1946 Gibson with a 1939 Charlie Christian pickup. Note knobs on the volume and tone pots; he says they were taken from a record player.

[@thesku11s]

@birdlivesforever And it actually has a hundred times more soul, groove & tone that if someone else was doing it too!

[@kevinwebb2480]

Check out the Poll Winners album range 1958-61 with Ray Brown on Bass, Shelly Manne on drums. A great collection from the masters of Swing.

[@paolonatalini4184]

Awesome

[@yoshiyukitakahata0419]

高校時代に50歳くらいになる頃にはこういったギター弾けるおっさんになってると夢想していたんだが・・・あと二ヶ月あるから特訓しようかｗ

[@mutsuminarita7972]

精進有るのみ！

[@lion.lionvalley]

バニー・ケッセル、ケニー・バレル、ジム・ホール．．．いいよねえ～。 けっこうオキニは、グラント・グリーンなんですヨ。 でも、やっぱり、一番好きなのは、パット・マルティーノなんです。§^(T)^§

[@thoughtsforthebuilders]

Hope your practicing has been going well in these years since your comment (:

[@veeshead]

@thomascray He criticized Hendrix? Why? That's sad.

[@veeshead]

It is sad. I’ll bet Jimi loved him.

[@garrettbaker2320]

Drummer looked like Sean Kinney from Alice in Chains.