# Poll Winners Three!

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1960 studio album by Barney Kessel, Shelly Manne & Ray Brown

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 Barney Kessel chronology Some Like It Hot (1959) Poll Winners Three! (1960) Barney Kessel's Swingin' Party (1960)

***Poll Winners Three!*** is an album by guitarist [Barney Kessel](/source/Barney_Kessel) with drummer [Shelly Manne](/source/Shelly_Manne) and bassist [Ray Brown](/source/Ray_Brown_(musician)), recorded in 1959 and released on the [Contemporary](/source/Contemporary_Records) label.[1] The album was the third of five to be released by the group.

## 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) called it a "fairly typical but swinging straightahead set".[2]

## Track listing

1. "[Soft Winds](/source/Soft_Winds)" ([Benny Goodman](/source/Benny_Goodman)) - 4:14

1. "Crisis" (Barney Kessel) - 3:49

1. "The Little Rhumba" (Shelly Manne) - 3:41

1. "[Easy Living](/source/Easy_Living_(song))" ([Ralph Rainger](/source/Ralph_Rainger), [Leo Robin](/source/Leo_Robin)) - 3:20

1. "[It's All Right with Me](/source/It's_All_Right_with_Me)" ([Cole Porter](/source/Cole_Porter)) - 3:41

1. "[Mack the Knife](/source/Mack_the_Knife)" ([Kurt Weill](/source/Kurt_Weill), [Bertolt Brecht](/source/Bertolt_Brecht)) - 3:53

1. "Rain Check" ([Billy Strayhorn](/source/Billy_Strayhorn)) - 3:07

1. "Minor Mystery" (Ray Brown) - 5:50

1. "I'm Afraid the Masquerade Is Over" ([Herb Magidson](/source/Herb_Magidson), [Allie Wrubel](/source/Allie_Wrubel)) - 4:34

1. "[I Hear Music](/source/I_Hear_Music)" ([Burton Lane](/source/Burton_Lane), [Frank Loesser](/source/Frank_Loesser)) - 2:53

## Personnel

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

- [Ray Brown](/source/Ray_Brown_(musician)) - [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-3500-7500-series/#m-3576) accessed May 21, 2015

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Allmusic_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Allmusic_2-1) Yanow, Scott. [*The Poll Winners Ride Again!* – Review](https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000279839) at [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic_(identifier)). Retrieved May 21, 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).

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