Barney Kessel


1. Speak Low (Weill – Nash) 2:45

2. Love Is Here To Stay (G. & I. Gershwin) 3:27

3. On A Slow Boat To China (Loesser) 3:17

4. How Long Has This Been Going On? (G. & I. Gershwin) 3:20

5. A Foggy Day (G. & I. Gershwin) 3:11

6. 64 Bars On Wilshire (Kessel) 3:20

7. Prelude To A Kiss (D. Ellington) 3:13

8. Begin The Blues (Kessel) 4:28

9. Embraceable You (G.& I. Gershwin) 3:24

10. Midnight Sun (Hampton – Burke) 3:08

11. Jeepers Creepers (Mercer – Warren) 3:51

12. My Old Flame (Johnson – Coslow) 3:39

13. You Stepped Out Of A Dream (Brown – Kahn) 2:52

14. I Didn’t Know What Time It Was (Rodgers – Hart) 3:57

15. Easy Like (Kessel) 4:04

16. That’s All (Haynes – Brandt) 4:11

17. April In Paris (Harburg – Duke) 2:46

18. North Of The Border (Kessel) 2:43


Total Time: 61:45



1. Speak Low

2. Love Is Here To Stay

3. On A Slow Boat To China 

4. How Long Has This Been Going On?

June 4, 1954

Barney Kessel (g), Bob Cooper (ob)(ts), Claude Williamson (p), Monty Budwig (b), 

Shelly Manne (d)


5. A Foggy Day

6. 64 Bars On Wilshire

7. Prelude To A Kiss

July 1, 1954

Barney Kessel (g), Bob Cooper (ob)(ts), Claude Williamson (p), Monty Budwig (b), 

Shelly Manne (d)


8. Begin The Blues

Los Angeles, March 28, 1955

Jimmy Rowles (p), Al Hendrickson (rhythm guitar), Red Mitchell (b), Irv Cottler (d)


9. Embraceable You

Los Angeles, March 28, 1955

Jimmy Rowles (p), Al Hendrickson (rhythm guitar), Red Mitchell (b), Irv Cottler (d)


10. Midnight Sun

Los Angeles, March 28, 1955

Jimmy Rowles (p), Al Hendrickson (rhythm guitar), Red Mitchell (b), Irv Cottler (d)


11. Jeepers Creepers

12. My Old Flame

13. You Stepped Out Of A Dream

14. I Didn’t Know What Time It Was

September 12, 1955

Barney Kessel (g), Bob Cooper (ob)(ts), Hampton Hawes (p), Red Mitchell (b), 

Shelly Manne (d), Chuck Thompson (d) on „Jeepers Creepers“ only


15. Easy Like

16. That’s All

17. April In Paris

18. North Of The Border

Los Angeles, February 23, 1956

Barney Kessel (g), Buddy Collette (fl)(as), Claude Williamson (p), Red Mitchell (b), 

Shelly Manne (d)