''Poll Winners Three!'' is an album by guitarist Barney Kessel with drummer Shelly Manne and bassist Ray Brown, recorded in 1959 and released on the Contemporary label.Contemporary Records discography
accessed May 21, 2015 The album was the third of five to be released by the group.

Reception

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called it a "fairly typical but swinging straightahead set".

Track listing

# " Soft Winds" (

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) - 4:14 # "Crisis" (Barney Kessel) - 3:49 # "The Little Rhumba" (Shelly Manne) - 3:41 # " Easy Living" ( Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) - 3:20 # "

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) - 3:53 # "Rain Check" (

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) - 3:07 # "Minor Mystery" (Ray Brown) - 5:50 # "I'm Afraid the Masquerade Is Over" ( Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) - 4:34 # " I Hear Music" ( Burton Lane,

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Personnel

* Barney Kessel -

guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

* Ray Brown -

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* Shelly Manne -

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

References

{{Authority control Contemporary Records albums Barney Kessel albums 1960 albums