Great Guitars: Live (2 CD Set) - Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis, Charlie Byrd

Great Guitars | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 22, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Concord Records
• ASIN: B00005JXTE
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #95,814 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Broadway

2. Air Mail Special

3. Body and Soul

4. You Took Advantage of Me

5. So Danço Samba

6. The Sheik of Araby

7. Straighten Up and Fly Right

8. Just in Time

9. The Talk of the Town

Disc: 2

1. Where or When

2. New Orleans

3. When the Saints Go Marching In

4. Change Partners

5. Pensive

6. Opus One

7. Old Folks

8. Get Happy

9. Danielle

10. Trouble in Mind

Customer Reviews

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "some of the best guitarist...and Concord has them ~ LIVE!", May 28, 2001

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J. Lovins "Mr. Jim" (Missouri-USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Great Guitars: Live (2 CD Set) - Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis, Charlie Byrd (Audio CD)

Double the pleasure with guitar greatest in alphabectical order...Charlie Byrd ~ Herb Ellis ~ Barney Kessel, not to mention some high-class backup from Joe Byrd (bass), Jimmie Smith (drums) and Chuck Redd (drums). Two full albums on this 2-CD-Set..."Live At The Winery" (originally released in 1980)...and..."At Charlie's Georgetown" (originally released in 1983), featuring 19 great tunes that has "awesome" and "originality" stamped on it!

Need to fasten your seatbelt as we journey down this musical lane from the best in guitar-jazz ~ "AIR MAIL SPECIAL", a Mundy, Goodman and Charlie Christian swingin' tune...less we forget Rodgers/Hart ditty "YOU TOOK ADVANTAGE OF ME", simple acoustic guitar solo, just great..."SHEIK OF ARABY", this toe-tapper was always a winner, just listen to the fantastic finger-pickin'..."THE TALK OF THE TOWN", remember this Gus Kahn and Chester Cohn song, as if it was yesterday..."NEW ORLEANS", written by Hoagy Carmichael, harmony and "pure guitar jazz", they're having a ball on this one..."WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN", a one-of-a-kind arrangement by Charlie Byrd is the showstopper..."OPUS ONE", made the top music charts by the Mills Brothers, but just wait and see what this group does when they get going..."GET HAPPY", get ready for some swingin'-latin handywork as every member gets into the act ~ we close this gig with some low-down-blues "TROUBLE IN MIND", gets better and better the more you play it, try it and see if you don't agree!

Total Time: Disc One 44:26 on 9 Tracks & Disc Two 48:59 on 10 Tracks ~ Concord Jazz CCD2-4958-2 ~ (2001)

**Special note...if you enjoyed this Concord recording, why not try ~ "Great Guitars" (CCD-6004), "Great Guitars II" (CCD-4023), "The Return Of The Great Guitars" (CCD-4715) and "The Concord Jazz Heritage Series" (CCD-4832-2) ~ check this site amazon.com/music for reviews.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Three great guitarists, January 5, 2012

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K. T. Pruyn (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Great Guitars: Live (2 CD Set) - Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis, Charlie Byrd (Audio CD)

Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis, and Charlie Bird all on one CD album is a major treat! The recordings are all from live performances -- you know: That place where there is no "Take Two"! To me it really sounded like these guys were having great times together. I am really delighted to add this little known album to my music library.