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
Dimensions
Dinah Discovered
Drop Me Off In Harlem
Duke Ellington & Friends
East Coast - West Coast Scene
Easy Does It
Easy Street
Easy To Love / I Can't Get Started With You
Eight Classic Albums
Ella And Louis
Ella And Louis At The Hollywood Bowl Vol. 1
Ella And Louis At The Hollywood Bowl Vol. 2
Ella Fitzgerald Sings Duke Ellington
Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book (No. 1)
Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book, Volume One
Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book (Volume Two)
Ella In Concert
Elvis Is Black!
Erroll Garner
Famous Jazz Vocalists, No. 1
Feeling Free
Film Noir
Five Classic Albums
Five Classic Albums Plus Third Set
Flip Wails: The Best Of The Verve Years
Four!
Four Classic Albums
Four Classic Albums
Four Classic Albums
Four Classic Albums Plus
Four Classic Albums Plus - Second Set
Four Classic Albums - Second Set
Four Freshmen And 5 Trombones (Part 1)
Four Freshmen And 5 Trombones (Part 3)
Fred Astaire's Finest Hour
Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You
Gene Norman Presents "Just Jazz"
Gene Norman's Just Jazz Vol. 3
George Wein's Newport All-Stars
Gerry Mulligan / Paul Desmond
Giant
Girls! Girls! Girls!
God Bless The Child (Best Of Billie Holiday)
Good For Nothing Joe / Ain't Misbehavin'
Go West!: The Contemporary Records Albums
Great Guitars
Great Guitars At Charlie's Georgetown
Great Guitars At The Winery
Great Guitars, (Charlie Byrd / Barney Kessel / Herb Ellis)
Guilty Mind
Hair Is Beautiful!
Happy Session
Hello, Jolly!
Holiday For Lovers
Hop, Skip And Jump / Mysterioso
How Deep Is The Ocean / The Hornet
I Can't Escape From You / Keepin' Myself For You
I Can't Give You Anything But Love
I Can't Give You Anything But Love / Spring Is Here
I Could Write A Book / A Foggy Day