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Monday, May 21, 2018

Best Plucking In Town - A Quartet Of Great Guitar Stylists

Best Plucking In Town
A Quartet Of Great Guitar Stylists
Barney Kessel, Grant Green, Oscar Moore, Mundell Lowe
Design & Concept: Howard Goldstein/George Alpert
Photography: Don Victor
CP Parker Records PLP 826
Manufactured by Apex Record Corporation - Hollywood, California

Available from online vendors so I will not be posting a sample. Presented here to share the cover art and jacket notes.

Uneven sounding budget jazz compilation.

From the back cover: Here we have some variation with small groups and some large aggregations playing well conceived charts. It is this pot pour, to some extent, that make this recording a listeners delight, for it is not true that variety is still the spice of life?

Roulette - Oscar Moore, guitar; Joe Comfort, bass; Carl Perkins, piano
On The Sunny Side Of The Street - Grant Green, guitar; Specs Williams, organ; Joe Carroll, vocal
Up Tempo - Oscar Moore, guitar; Joe Comfort, bass; Carl Perkins, piano; Pacheco, bongos
Blues For A Stripper - Mundell Lowe, guitar with Orchestra conducted by Mundell Lowe
Body & Soul - Barney Kessell, guitar; Red Mitchell, bass; Larry Bunker, vibes; Pete Candoli, trumpet; Harold Land, tenor sax; Mel Lewis, drums; Jimmy Rowles, piano
Cheetas' For Two - Barney Kessell, guitar; Red Mitchell, bass; Larry Bunker, vibes; Pete Candoli, trumpet; Harold Land, tenor sax; Mel Lewis, drums; Jimmy Rowles, piano
Theme From Samson & Delilah - Oscar Moore, guitar; Joe Comfort, bass; Carl Perkins, piano; Pacheco, bongos
Yes, He's Gone - Mundell Lowe, guitar; Geo. Duvivier, bass; Alice Darr, vocal
Have You Got A Penny, Benny? - Grant Green, guitar; Joe Carroll, vocal
Walkin' Home - Oscar Moore, guitar; Joe Comfort, bass; Carl Perkins, piano; Pacheco, bongos

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