{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = The Poll Winners Ride Again! | type = Album | artist = [[Barney Kessel]] with [[Shelly Manne]] and [[Ray Brown (musician)|Ray Brown]] | cover = The Poll Winners Ride Again!.jpg | alt = | released = 1958 | recorded = August 19 & 21, 1958 | studio = Contemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles, California | venue = | genre = [[Jazz]] | length = 38:20 | label = [[Contemporary Records|Contemporary]]<small> C3556/S7556</small> | producer = [[Lester Koenig]] | chronology = [[Barney Kessel]] | prev_title = [[Let's Cook!]] | prev_year = 1957 | next_title = [[Carmen (Barney Kessel album)|Carmen]] | next_year = 1958 }}
'''''The Poll Winners Ride Again!''''' is an album by guitarist [[Barney Kessel]] with drummer [[Shelly Manne]] and bassist [[Ray Brown (musician)|Ray Brown]], recorded in 1958 and released on the [[Contemporary Records|Contemporary]] label.<ref name="Contemporary Records discography">[http://www.jazzdisco.org/contemporary-records/catalog-3500-7500-series/#c-3556 Contemporary Records discography] accessed May 21, 2015</ref> The album was the second of five to be released by the group.
==Reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = ''[[Allmusic]]'' | rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> |rev2 = ''[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]]'' |rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz|The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]] |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=[[Penguin Books|Penguin]] |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=821}}</ref> }} The [[Allmusic]] review by Scott Yanow states: "This is a good outing, particularly for bop guitarist Barney Kessel".<ref name="Allmusic">{{AllMusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id=mw0000312392 |title=''The Poll Winners Ride Again!'' – Review |accessdate=May 21, 2015}}</ref>
==Track listing== # "Be Deedle Dee Do" (Barney Kessel) - 5:32 # "[[Volare (song)|Volare]]" ([[Franco Migliacci]], Domenico Modugno) - 4:20 # "[[Spring Is Here]]" ([[Richard Rodgers]], [[Lorenz Hart]]) - 4:07 # "[[The Surrey with the Fringe on Top]]" (Rogers, [[Oscar Hammerstein II]]) - 5:27 # "Custard Puff" (Ray Brown) - 4:25 # "[[When the Red, Red Robin (Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along)]]" ([[Harry M. Woods]]) - 4:15 # "Foreign Intrigue" (Kessel) - 3:22 # "[[Angel Eyes (1946 song)|Angel Eyes]]" ([[Matt Dennis]], Earl Brent) - 4:40 # "[[The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down]]" ([[Dave Franklin]], [[Cliff Friend]]) - 2:12
==Personnel== *[[Barney Kessel]] - [[guitar]] *[[Ray Brown (musician)|Ray Brown]] - [[double bass|bass]] *[[Shelly Manne]] - [[drum kit|drums]]
==References== {{reflist}} {{Barney Kessel}}
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