''Easy Like'' (subtitled ''Barney Kessel Volume 1'') is an album by jazz guitarist Barney Kessel that was released by

Contemporary Records Contemporary Records was a jazz record company and label founded by Lester Koenig in Los Angeles in 1951. Contemporary produced music from a variety of jazz styles and players. West Coast players Contemporary became identified with a style of ja ...

in 1956. Eight songs were released on the 10-inch album ''Barney Kessel'' which were recorded in 1953, while other songs were recorded in 1956.Contemporary Records discography
accessed May 25, 2015

Reception

In the

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review, Scott Yanow states that "the set features Kessel in boppish form".

Track listing

Personnel

* Barney Kessel – guitar * Buddy Collette – alto saxophone, flute (tracks: 1, 8, 12, 13, 14) *

Bud Shank Clifford Everett "Bud" Shank Jr. (May 27, 1926 – April 2, 2009) was an American alto saxophonist and flautist. He rose to prominence in the early 1950s playing lead alto and flute in Stan Kenton's Innovations in Modern Music Orchestra and thro ...

– alto saxophone, flute (tracks: 2-7, 9, 10) * Arnold Ross – piano (tracks: 2-7, 9, 10) * Claude Williamson – piano (tracks: 1, 8, 11, 12, 14) * Harry Babasin – double bass (tracks: 2-7, 9, 10) * Red Mitchell – double bass (tracks: 1, 8, 11, 12, 14) * Shelly Manne – drums

References

{{Authority control Contemporary Records albums Barney Kessel albums 1956 albums