Let's Cook!

Let's Cook!
Let's Cook!
Studio album by Barney Kessel
Released	1962
Recorded	August 6 and November 11, 1957
Studio	Contemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Jazz
Length	39:50
Label	Contemporary M3603/S7603
Producer	Lester Koenig
Barney Kessel chronology

Let's Cook! is an album by guitarist Barney Kessel recorded at sessions in 1957 but not released on the Contemporary label until 1962.^[1]

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states: "Throughout, Kessel keeps with the other all-stars, swinging hard while paying tribute to the legacy of Charlie Christian".^[2]

Track listing[edit]

"Let's Cook" (Barney Kessel) - 11:18
"Time Remembered" (Vernon Duke) - 4:15
"Just in Time" (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) - 4:57
"Tiger Rag" (Original Dixieland Jazz Band) - 9:50
"Jersey Bounce" (Tiny Bradshaw, Eddie Johnson, Bobby Plater, Buddy Feyne) - 9:30

Recorded at Contemporary's studio in Los Angeles on August 6, 1957 (tracks 4 & 5) and November 11, 1957 (tracks 1-3)

Personnel[edit]

Barney Kessel - guitar
Frank Rosolino - trombone (tracks 4 & 5)
Ben Webster - tenor saxophone (tracks 4 & 5)
Victor Feldman - vibraphone (tracks 1-3)
Hampton Hawes (tracks 1-3), Jimmy Rowles (tracks 4 & 5) - piano
Leroy Vinnegar - bass
Shelly Manne - drums

References[edit]

^ Contemporary Records discography accessed May 25, 2015
^ ^a ^b Yanow, Scott. Let's Cook! – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 821. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[Contemporary_Records_discography-1] Contemporary Records discography accessed May 25, 2015

[Allmusic-2] Yanow, Scott. Let's Cook! – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 25, 2015.

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 821. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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v t e Barney Kessel
Studio albums	Easy Like Kessel Plays Standards To Swing or Not to Swing Music to Listen to Barney Kessel By The Poll Winners Let's Cook! The Poll Winners Ride Again! Carmen Some Like It Hot Poll Winners Three! Barney Kessel's Swingin' Party Exploring the Scene! Workin' Out! with the Barney Kessel Quartet Bossa Nova Plus Big Band Feeling Free
With Billie Holiday	Billie Holiday Sings Billie Holiday Billie Holiday Billie Holiday at JATP Music for Torching Velvet Mood Lady Sings the Blues Body and Soul Songs for Distingué Lovers All or Nothing at All
Signature guitar	Gibson Barney Kessel

v t e Hampton Hawes
Years given are for the recording(s), not release.
Albums as leader	Hampton Hawes Trio (1955) This Is Hampton Hawes (1955–56) Everybody Likes Hampton Hawes (1956) All Night Session! Vol. 1 (1956) All Night Session! Vol. 2 (1956) All Night Session! Vol. 3 (1956) Baritones and French Horns/Curtis Fuller and Hampton Hawes with French Horns (1957) Four! (1958) Bird Song (1956–58) For Real! (1958) The Sermon (1958) The Green Leaves of Summer (1964) Here and Now (1965) The Seance (1966) I'm All Smiles (1966) Universe (1972) Blues for Walls (1973) Playin' in the Yard (1973) Northern Windows (1974) As Long as There's Music (1976) Something Special (1976) Hampton Hawes at the Piano (1976)
Sideman with others	Gene Ammons and Friends at Montreux (1973) I'll Catch the Sun! (Sonny Criss, 1969) On the Road (Art Farmer, 1976) The Hunt (Dexter Gordon, 1947) Blues à la Suisse (Dexter Gordon, 1973) Kessel Plays Standards (Barney Kessel, 1955) Let's Cook! (Barney Kessel, 1957) Live in Hollywood (Warne Marsh, 1952) Mingus Three (Charles Mingus, 1957) Stratosonic Nuances (Blue Mitchell, 1975) The Early Show (Art Pepper, 1952) Surf Ride (Art Pepper, 1952) Living Legend (Art Pepper, 1976) Modern Sounds (Shorty Rogers, 1951) Shorty Rogers and His Giants (1953) Bud Shank – Shorty Rogers – Bill Perkins (1955) Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders (1958) So Doggone Good (Sonny Stitt, 1972)