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
Live At Sometime
Live At The Jazz Mill 1954, Vol. 2
Live Date!
Long Tall Dexter
Louis Armstrong Roy Eldridge Jazz Masterpieces
Love In The Afternoon
Man Of Many Parts
Martians Come Back
Mel Tormé's California Suite
Military Swing
Modern Jazz Archive
Modern Jazz - The Complete Dial Recordings
Moonglow
Mr. Top Hat
Music For Bachelors
Music For Torching
Music From Bach To Rock
Music From Crime In The Streets - Three Sketches - Theme Variations And Fugato For Jazz Orchestra
Music To Listen To Barney Kessel By
Music To Listen To Red Norvo By
My Heart Reminds Me
My Man / He's Funny That Way
New Jazz Sounds: The Urbane Sessions
Newport All Stars In Japan
Nobody But You / You Made Me Fall
Nobody Else But Me
No No Napoleon / I'll Be True
No One But You / Just Floatin' Along
Norman Granz' Jazz At The Philharmonic Vol.15
Nostalgic Memories
Not Cha-Cha But Chi-Chi
Not So Bop Blues / Tea For Two
Oh! Mister Goodman
Oh, You Beautiful Doll / There's A Broken Heart For Every Light On Broadway
Okeh Jazz
Once They Were Young / Bright Moon, Bright Star
On Fire
Original Music From The Soundtrack Honey West
Ornithology
Oscar Peterson Plays Broadway - Verve Jazz Masters 37
Oscar Peterson Plays Cole Porter
Oscar Peterson Plays Cole Porter
Oscar Peterson Plays Cole Porter
Oscar Peterson Plays Duke Ellington
Oscar Peterson Plays George Gershwin
Oscar Peterson Plays George Gershwin
Oscar Peterson Plays George Gershwin
Oscar Peterson Plays George Gershwin
Oscar Peterson Plays George Gershwin
Oscar Peterson Plays Irving Berlin
Oscar Peterson Plays Jerome Kern
Oscar Peterson Plays Richard Rodgers
Oscar Peterson Plays Richard Rodgers
Oscar Peterson Plays The George Gershwin Song Book
Oscar Peterson Plays The Jimmy McHugh Song Book
Oscar Peterson Plays The Richard Rodgers Song Book
Oscar Peterson Plays Vincent Youmans
Oscar Peterson Quartet
Out On A Limb
Overheard In A Cocktail Lounge