# Let's Cook!

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1962 studio album by Barney Kessel

Let's Cook! Studio album by Barney Kessel Released 1962 Recorded August 6 and November 11, 1957 Studio Contemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles, California Genre Jazz Length 39:50 Label Contemporary M3603/S7603 Producer Lester Koenig Barney Kessel chronology The Poll Winners (1957) Let's Cook! (1962) The Poll Winners Ride Again! (1958)

***Let's Cook!*** is an album by guitarist [Barney Kessel](/source/Barney_Kessel) recorded at sessions in 1957 but not released on the [Contemporary](/source/Contemporary_Records) label until 1962.[1]

## Reception

Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [3]

The [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic) review by [Scott Yanow](/source/Scott_Yanow) states: "Throughout, Kessel keeps with the other all-stars, swinging hard while paying tribute to the legacy of [Charlie Christian](/source/Charlie_Christian)".[2]

## Track listing

1. "Let's Cook" (Barney Kessel) - 11:18

1. "Time Remembered" ([Vernon Duke](/source/Vernon_Duke)) - 4:15

1. "[Just in Time](/source/Just_in_Time_(song))" ([Jule Styne](/source/Jule_Styne), [Betty Comden](/source/Betty_Comden), [Adolph Green](/source/Adolph_Green)) - 4:57

1. "[Tiger Rag](/source/Tiger_Rag)" ([Original Dixieland Jazz Band](/source/Original_Dixieland_Jass_Band)) - 9:50

1. "[Jersey Bounce](/source/Jersey_Bounce)" ([Tiny Bradshaw](/source/Tiny_Bradshaw), [Eddie Johnson](/source/Eddie_Johnson_(musician)), [Bobby Plater](/source/Bobby_Plater), [Buddy Feyne](/source/Buddy_Feyne)) - 9:30

- Recorded at Contemporary's studio in Los Angeles on August 6, 1957 (tracks 4 & 5) and November 11, 1957 (tracks 1–3)

## Personnel

- [Barney Kessel](/source/Barney_Kessel) - [guitar](/source/Guitar)

- [Frank Rosolino](/source/Frank_Rosolino) - [trombone](/source/Trombone) (tracks 4 & 5)

- [Ben Webster](/source/Ben_Webster) - [tenor saxophone](/source/Tenor_saxophone) (tracks 4 & 5)

- [Victor Feldman](/source/Victor_Feldman) - [vibraphone](/source/Vibraphone) (tracks 1–3)

- [Hampton Hawes](/source/Hampton_Hawes) (tracks 1–3), [Jimmy Rowles](/source/Jimmy_Rowles) (tracks 4 & 5) - [piano](/source/Piano)

- [Leroy Vinnegar](/source/Leroy_Vinnegar) - [bass](/source/Double_bass)

- [Shelly Manne](/source/Shelly_Manne) - [drums](/source/Drum_kit)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Contemporary_Records_discography_1-0)** [Contemporary Records discography](http://www.jazzdisco.org/contemporary-records/catalog-3600-7600-5000-6000-series/#m-3603) accessed May 25, 2015

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Allmusic_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Allmusic_2-1) Yanow, Scott. [*Let's Cook!* – Review](https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000047948) at [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic_(identifier)). Retrieved May 25, 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Penguin_3-0)** [Cook, Richard](/source/Richard_Cook_(journalist)); [Morton, Brian](/source/Brian_Morton_(Scottish_writer)) (2008). *[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings](/source/The_Penguin_Guide_to_Jazz)* (9th ed.). [Penguin](/source/Penguin_Books). p. 821. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-141-03401-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-141-03401-0).

v t e Barney Kessel Studio albums Easy Like Kessel Plays Standards To Swing or Not to Swing Music to Listen to Barney Kessel By The Poll Winners Let's Cook! The Poll Winners Ride Again! Carmen Some Like It Hot Poll Winners Three! Barney Kessel's Swingin' Party Exploring the Scene! Workin' Out! with the Barney Kessel Quartet Bossa Nova Plus Big Band Feeling Free With Billie Holiday Billie Holiday Sings Billie Holiday Billie Holiday Billie Holiday at JATP Music for Torching Velvet Mood Lady Sings the Blues Body and Soul Songs for Distingué Lovers All or Nothing at All Signature guitar Gibson Barney Kessel

v t e Hampton Hawes Years given are for the recording(s), not release. Albums as leader Hampton Hawes Trio (1955) This Is Hampton Hawes (1955–56) Everybody Likes Hampton Hawes (1956) All Night Session! Vol. 1 (1956) All Night Session! Vol. 2 (1956) All Night Session! Vol. 3 (1956) Baritones and French Horns/Curtis Fuller and Hampton Hawes with French Horns (1957) Four! (1958) Bird Song (1956–58) For Real! (1958) The Sermon (1958) The Green Leaves of Summer (1964) Here and Now (1965) The Seance (1966) I'm All Smiles (1966) Universe (1972) Blues for Walls (1973) Playin' in the Yard (1973) Northern Windows (1974) As Long as There's Music (1976) Something Special (1976) Hampton Hawes at the Piano (1976) Sideman with others Gene Ammons and Friends at Montreux (1973) I'll Catch the Sun! (Sonny Criss, 1969) On the Road (Art Farmer, 1976) The Hunt (Dexter Gordon, 1947) Blues à la Suisse (Dexter Gordon, 1973) Kessel Plays Standards (Barney Kessel, 1955) Let's Cook! (Barney Kessel, 1957) Live in Hollywood (Warne Marsh, 1952) Mingus Three (Charles Mingus, 1957) Stratosonic Nuances (Blue Mitchell, 1975) The Early Show (Art Pepper, 1952) Surf Ride (Art Pepper, 1952) Living Legend (Art Pepper, 1976) Modern Sounds (Shorty Rogers, 1951) Shorty Rogers and His Giants (1953) Bud Shank – Shorty Rogers – Bill Perkins (1955) Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders (1958) So Doggone Good (Sonny Stitt, 1972)

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