BARNEY KESSEL / SHELLY MANNE / RAY BROWN - (The Poll Winners / The Poll Winners Ride Again! / Poll Winners Three! / Exploring The Scene!) (2CD) - Four Classic Albums

AVID Jazz presents the latest release in our Four Classic Album series with a re-mastered 2CD release from The Poll Winners, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details.
“The Poll Winners”; “The Poll Winners Ride Again!”; “Poll Winners Three!” and “Exploring The Scene”.
We are sure all older jazz fans will know the story of how The Poll Winners came into existence, but we thought it would be wise to clue our growing legion of young fans into the events leading up to their formation way back in the jazz heyday of the 1950s. Looking back it was a fairly simple and I guess obvious thing for the three successful jazzmen to do, but by getting together they formed one of the great jazz trios in jazz history. Famed drummer Shelly Manne, legendary guitarist Barney Kessel and bass player extraordinaire Ray Brown had all been winning various solo jazz polls in the popular jazz mags of the day including Metronome and DownBeat. So it seemed an obvious move for the three legends to get together and form a trio. The guys became so revered and successful that they would go on to win readers polls in DownBeat, Metronome and Playboy in 1956 and 1957. To hear what all those readers were raving about we have put together all four of the trios classic albums for your listening pleasure. As with all AVID releases, we hope you enjoy them and check out our extensive catalogue for more great music across jazz and many other musical genres.
Check out:- Barney Kessel (AMSC921); Shelly Manne (AMSC1067 & 904); Kenny Burrell (AMSC1327); Charlie Byrd (AMSC1123); Herb Ellis (AMSC1032); Tal Farlow (AMSC1086); Grant Green (AMSC1065); Tiny Grimes (AMSC1188); Jim Hall (AMSC1033); Mundell Lowe (AMSC1333); Jimmy Raney (AMSC1051); Django Reinhardt (AMSC1020, 920 & AVC857); Jack McDuff & Will Jennings (AMSC1339); Les Paul (AMSC940); Wes Montgomery (AMSC1027); Oscar Peterson (AMSC1109 & 1106); Buddy Rich (AMSC1052); Roy Haynes (AMSC1092); Paul Chambers (AMSC1324).

CD1
1-9: ‘The Poll Winners’
1. Jordu
2. Satin Doll
3. It Could Happen To You
4. Mean To Me
5. Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me
6. Green Dolphin Street
7. You Go To My Head
8. Minor Mood
9. Nagasaki
10-18: ‘The Poll Winners Ride Again!’
10. Bee Deedle Dee Do
11. Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu)
12. Spring Is Here
13. The Surrey With The Fringe On Top
14. Custard Puff
15. When The Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob Bobbin’ Along
16. Foreign Intrigue
17. Angel Eyes
18. The Merry Go Round Broke Down

CD2
1-10: ‘Poll Winners Three!’
1. Soft Winds
2. Crisis
3. The Little Rhumba
4. Easy Living
5. It’s All Right With Me
6. Mack The Knife
7. Raincheck
8. Minor Mystery
9. I’m Afraid The Masquerade Is Over
10. I Hear Music
11-19: ‘Exploring The Scene!’
11. Little Susie
12. The Duke
13. So What
14. Misty
15. Doodlin’
16. The Golden Striker
17. Li’l Darlin’
18. The Blessing
19. This Here