Barney Kessel Feeling Free (Contemporary 1969)

Kessel took a U-turn back on the main road to real jazz, Hollywood be damned. [row-start] [half] [/half] [half] Personnel Barney Kessel (guitar), Bobby Hutcherson (vibraphone), Chuck Domenica (bass), Elvin Jones (drums) Recorded on February 19, 1969 at Contemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles Released as Contemporary M3618 in 1969 Track listing Side A: Moving Up / Blue Grass / This Guy’s In Love With You / Side B: Blues Up, Down & All Around / The Sound Of Silence / Two Note Samba [/half] [row-end] Let’s get wild, let’s get wild, is what Barney Kessel must’ve thought. Let’s check out Elvin Jones, tornado that married a volcano, Bobby Hutcherson, adventurous vibraphonist par excellence, and killer L.A. bassist Chuck Domenica, and break on through to the other side. Kessel, a guy that seemed to be everywhere at once, as unavoidable as a motel sign on the Interstate, was a master guitar player, poll-winner from Muskogee, Oklahoma (Charlie Christian county) from Hungarian ancestry, Los…