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Barney Kessel – Modern Jazz Performances From Bizet's Carmen (E/E) – LP, AU 1959

$30.00 - $30.00
$30.00
$30.00 - $30.00
$30.00
Condition: Second Hand
Ships from: Melbourne
Media: Excellent (E)
Cover: Excellent (E)
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  • Modern Jazz Performances From Bizet's Carmen is an LP by Barney Kessel from 1959 released on the Contemporary Records label.

    About this album

    Barney Kessel’s Modern Jazz Performances From Bizet’s Opera Carmen turns Bizet’s opera into bright, hard-swinging West Coast jazz. Recorded in 1959, the album reimagines familiar themes with Kessel’s clean guitar tone, fluent improvisation and a relaxed but assured ensemble feel. Rather than treating Carmen as a novelty, Kessel uses the source material to build lively modern jazz pieces that balance sophistication with melody. The result is one of his most distinctive concept albums, showing how post-bop players could draw on classical repertoire without losing rhythmic drive or jazz identity.

    Genre: Jazz

  • Artist: Barney Kessel
    Label: Contemporary Records – LACA 15004
    Format: LP, Album, Mono
    Units: 1
    Country: Australia
    Released: 1959
    Genre: Jazz

  • A1 Swingin' The Toreador
    A2 A Pad On The Edge Of Town
    A3 If You Dig Me
    A4 Free As A Bird
    B1 Viva El Toro!
    B2 Flowersville
    B3 Carmen'S Cool
    B4 Like, There Is No Place Like...
    B5 The Gipsy'S Hip