Poll Winners Three!

Poll Winners Three!
Poll Winners Three!
Studio album by Barney Kessel, Shelly Manne & Ray Brown
Released	1960
Recorded	November 2, 1959
Studio	Contemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:33
Label	Contemporary C3576/S7576
Producer	Lester Koenig
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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.^[1] The album was the third of five to be released by the group.

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Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow called it a "fairly typical but swinging straightahead set".^[2]

Track listing

"Soft Winds" (Benny Goodman) - 4:14
"Crisis" (Barney Kessel) - 3:49
"The Little Rhumba" (Shelly Manne) - 3:41
"Easy Living" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) - 3:20
"It's All Right with Me" (Cole Porter) - 3:41
"Mack the Knife" (Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht) - 3:53
"Rain Check" (Billy Strayhorn) - 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, Frank Loesser) - 2:53

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References

^ Contemporary Records discography accessed May 21, 2015
^ ^a ^b Yanow, Scott. The Poll Winners Ride Again! – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 21, 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 21, 2015

[Allmusic-2] Yanow, Scott. The Poll Winners Ride Again! – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 21, 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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