Tracklist

1	Begin The Blues	4:26
2	Louisiana	3:53
3	Happy Feeling	3:55
4	Embraceable You	3:21
5	Wall Street	4:22
6	Indiana	3:11
7	Moten Swing	3:55
8	Midnight Sun	3:07
9	Contemporary Blues	4:07
10	Don't Blame Me	2:54
11	12th Street Rag	2:56

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Victor Musical Industries, Inc.

Credits

• Bass – Red Mitchell
• Design [Cover], Photography By [Cover] – William Claxton
• Drums – Irv Cottler (tracks: 2, 5, 7, 11), Shelly Manne (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 6, 8 to 10)
• Engineer – John Palladino
• Guitar – Barney Kessel
• Liner Notes – Ralph J. Gleason
• Piano – Jimmy Rowles
• Rhythm Guitar – Al Hendrickson
• Supervised By – Lester Koenig
• Tenor Saxophone – Bill Perkins (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 6, 8 to 10), Georgie Auld (tracks: 2, 5, 7, 11)
• Trumpet – Harry Edison

Notes

Recorded in Los Angeles; March 28 and July 26, 1955
Includes Japanese Booklet insert

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4988 002 017683

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
C 3513, C3513	Barney Kessel	Vol. 3, To Swing Or Not To Swing ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Contemporary Records, Contemporary Records	C 3513, C3513	US	1955
PWR 27278	Barney Kessel	To Swing Or Not To Swing ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Poll Winners Records	PWR 27278	Europe	2011
98.641, C-3513	Barney Kessel	Vol. 3, To Swing Or Not To Swing ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Original Jazz Classics, Contemporary Records	98.641, C-3513	France	1987
GXC-3116(M), GXC 3116 M	Barney Kessel	Vol. 3, To Swing Or Not To Swing ‎(LP, Album, RE, Mono)	Contemporary Records, Contemporary Records	GXC-3116(M), GXC 3116 M	Japan	1974
LDM 30.019	Barney Kessel	Vol. 3, To Swing Or Not To Swing ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Contemporary Records	LDM 30.019	France	Unknown

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