Barney Kessel
USA
Born: 17 October 1923
Died: 06 May 2004
Years Active: 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: Jazz
Styles: Bop, Cool, West Coast Jazz
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One of the finest guitarists to emerge after the death of Charlie Christian, Barney Kessel was a reliable bop soloist throughout his career. He played with a big band fronted by Chico Marx (1943), was fortunate enough to appear in the classic jazz short Jammin' the Blues (1944), and then worked with the big bands of Charlie Barnet (1944-1945) and Artie Shaw (1945); he also recorded with Shaw's Gramercy Five. Kessel became a busy studio musician in Los Angeles, but was always in demand for jazz records. He toured with the Oscar Peterson Trio for...
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