Barney Kessel
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 one year (1952-1953) and then, starting in 1953, led an impressive series of records for Contemporary that lasted until 1961 (including several with Ray Brown and Shelly Manne in a trio accurately called the Poll Winners). After touring Europe with George Wein's Newport All-Stars (1968), Kessel lived in London for a time (1969-1970). In 1973, he began touring and recording with the Great Guitars, a group also including Herb Ellis and Charlie Byrd. A serious stroke in 1992 put Barney Kessel permanently out of action, but many of his records (which include dates for Onyx, Black Lion, Sonet, and Concord, in addition to many of the Contemporaries) are available, along with several video collections put out by Vestapol. Kessel was diagnosed with inoperable cancer in 2001, which eventually took his life in May of 2004. He was 80 years old.
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Carmen (Remastered)
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Blues For A Playboy
Jazz - Erschienen bei Fivefour am 17.09.2007
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Live & Rare
Jazz - Erschienen bei Stardust Records am 01.06.2011
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To Swing Or Not To Swing
Jazz - Erschienen bei CoolNote am 18.06.2013
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West Coast Jazz, Barney Kessel
Jazz - Erschienen bei SendDigital am 18.10.1999
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Three Classic Albums Plus (Some Like It Hot / The Poll Winners / Carmen) [Remastered]
Jazz - Erschienen bei Avid Entertainment am 15.07.2012
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Barney Kessel, Vol. 2 (Barney Kessel Plays Standards, Original Album Plus Bonus Tracks, 1954)
Jazz - Erschienen bei Jazz Classics am 01.01.2012
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Music To Listen To Barney Kessel By
Bebop - Erschienen bei Music Manager am 29.04.2020
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Live: Hoboken, NJ 1980 (Live in Hoboken, NJ 1980)
Jazz - Erschienen bei HiHat am 01.01.2018
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Music to Listen to Barney Kessel By (Mono Version)
Jazz - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1956
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Feeling Free (Digitally Remastered)
Jazz - Erschienen bei Alpharecord - Fonotil am 01.01.1969
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The Poll Winners Ride Again!
Barney Kessel, Shelly Manne, Ray Brown
Jazz - Erschienen bei CoolNote am 13.08.2009
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The Ultimate Jazz Archive 30 (4 Of 4)
Jazz - Erschienen bei Carinco AG am 18.02.2007
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To Swing or Not to Swing (Remastered)
Jazz - Erschienen bei Efor, S.L am 25.04.2014
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Kessel Plays Standards
Modern Jazz - Erschienen bei Music Manager am 01.01.1955
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Presenting Barney Kessel
Jazz - Erschienen bei Universal Digital Enterprises am 17.03.1947
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The Poll Winners + The Poll Winners Ride Again
Jazz - Erschienen bei Ascension Records am 08.07.2022
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The Poll Winners & The Poll Winners Ride Again
Barney Kessel, Shelly Manne, Ray Brown
Jazz - Erschienen bei Lone Hill Jazz am 03.03.2009
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Live at the Jazz Mill, 1954 Vol. 2
Jazz - Erschienen bei Modern Harmonic am 16.02.2018
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