Person
Barney Kessel
Albums
112
Members
16
Active
1923–2004
Origin
United States
Biography
Barney Kessel (October 17, 1923 – May 6, 2004) was an American jazz guitarist born in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Known in particular for his knowledge of chords and inversions and chord-based melodies, he was a member of many prominent jazz groups as well as a "first call" guitarist for studio, film, and television recording sessions. Kessel was a member of the group of session musicians informally known as the Wrecking Crew.
Discography
Barney Kessel
Barney Kessel
Barney Kessel Volume 2
Kessel Plays Standards
Barney Kessel, Vol. 2B
Barney Kessel, Volume 3: "To Swing or Not to Swing"
Swing Guitars
Barney Kessel, Volume 1: Easy Like
Gerry Mulligan / Paul Desmond
Vol. 3, To Swing Or Not To Swing
Music to Listen to Barney Kessel By
Music To Listen To Barney Kessel By
West Coast Jazz Concert
El Tigre
Barney Kessel Vol. 5
Four!
Modern Jazz Performances From Bizet's Carmen
Music To Listen To Barney Kessel By Vol. 1
Music To Listen To Barney Kessel By Vol. 2
Some Like It Hot
Some Like It Hot
Poll Winners Three!
Let's Cook!
Let's Cook!
Contemporary Latin Rhythms
Contemporary Latin Rhythms
Diamonds / TV Commercials
On Fire
On Fire
Feeling Free
Feeling Free
Frank Mills / Quail Bait
Hair Is Beautiful
Hair Is Beautiful!
Kessel's Kit
Newport All Stars In Japan
Reflections in Rome
Reflections In Rome
What's New... Barney Kessel?
Barney Kessel
I Remember Django
Kessel's Kit
Swinging Easy!
Summertime in Montreux
Summertime In Montreux
Limehouse Blues
Swinging Easy!
Two Way Conversation
Two Way Conversation
Barney Plays Kessel & Friends
Blue Soul
Just Friends
Just Friends
Live at Sometime
Live At Sometime
Poor Butterfly
Poor Butterfly
Shiny Stockings
Shiny Stockings
Soaring
Credits
All rolesInstrument 617Conductor 9Performer 7Liner Notes 7Producer 5Writer 2Orchestrator 1Arranger 1
Funk in France: From Paris to Antibes (1969-1970)
Six Star Treats
The Beach Boys With the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Barney Kessel: Live at the Jazz Mill 1954
The Complete Blue Note, Riverside & Contemporary Collection
Swing in the Films of Woody Allen
Sweets
Portrait of a Legend 1951–1964
The Music From Peter Gunn & More Music From Peter Gunn
The Complete Savoy & Dial Master Takes
Great Guitars Live
Keep Movin’ On
A 75th Birthday Celebration
The Man Who Invented Soul
Jammin' the Blues
Oscar Peterson Plays the Duke Ellington Song Book
Talkin’ Bird
Closeup in Swing / A New Kind of Love
Further Definitions
Lester Young with The Oscar Peterson Trio
The Pet Sounds Sessions
The Gangster Is Back
First Issue: The Great American Songbook
For You My Love
Verve Jazz Masters 12
Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of the Beach Boys
The Best of the Song Books
The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945–1959
Julie Is Her Name / Julie Is Her Name, Volume 2
Art & Zoot
Back to Mono (1958–1969)
Lady in Autumn: The Best of the Verve Years
Simply the Best
The Cole Porter Songbook
Jazz 'Round Midnight
Romance: The Vocal Styling of Oscar Peterson
The Bebop Revolution
Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve
The Billie Holiday Songbook
History of an Artist
Born to Be With You
It’s Been So Long
I Remember Django
Albert's House
Soulful Brass
Hugh Masekela’s Latest
Too Much!
All Through the Night: Julie London Sings the Choicest of Cole Porter
Pet Sounds
River Deep - Mountain High
River Deep – Mountain High
All I Really Want to Do
Look at Us
Ain’t That Good News
Dream With Dean: The Intimate Dean Martin
Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica
Roustabout
A Christmas Gift for You From Phil Spector
Fun in Acapulco
King of the Surf Guitar