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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Plays For Lovers
Pop - Pubblicato da Fantasy Records il 1 gen 2003
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Easy Like, Vol. 1
Jazz - Pubblicato da Contemporary Records il 1 dic 1953
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Great Guitars (Live At The Concord Summer Festival, Concord, CA / June 28, 1974)
Charlie Byrd, Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis
Jazz - Pubblicato da Concord Jazz il 4 ago 1988
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Kessel Plays Standards
Jazz - Pubblicato da Contemporary Records il 1 gen 1955
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Berlin Festival Guitar Workshop (Live)
Baden Powell, Barney Kessel, Jim Hall, Buddy Guy, Elmer Snowden
Jazz - Pubblicato da MPS il 19 giu 2014
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Contemporary Latin Rhythm
Jazz - Pubblicato da Rhino - Warner Records il 19 apr 2005
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On Contemporary: Barney Kessel
Jazz - Pubblicato da Craft Recordings il 3 dic 2021
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Hair Is Beautiful
Jazz - Pubblicato da Rhino Atlantic il 2 nov 1968
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Bossa Nova
Jazz - Pubblicato da Rhino - Warner Records il 6 gen 2022
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The Poll Winners
Barney Kessel, Ray Brown, Shelly Manne
Jazz - Pubblicato da Fantasy il 1 gen 1957
La discografia ideale di Qobuz16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Barney Kessel & Friends
Jazz - Pubblicato da Concord Jazz il 30 set 1975
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Yesterday (Barney Kessel)
Jazz - Pubblicato da 1201 MUSIC il 27 ago 1973
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Two Way Conversation
Jazz - Pubblicato da Universal Music AB il 1 gen 1973
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All That Jazz, Vol. 86: Shelly Manne & Friends "Doodlin' Drums" (feat. Ray Brown, Barney Kessel & André Previn) (Remastered 2017)
Barney Kessel, André Previn, Ray Brown, Leroy Vinnegar, Shelly Manne
Jazz - Pubblicato da Jube Legends il 7 lug 2017
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Quartet Quintet (Remastered)
Jazz - Pubblicato da Efor, S.L il 25 set 2012
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Barney Kessel & The Poll Winners
Barney Kessel, Ray Brown, Shelly Manne
Jazz - Pubblicato da Retrospective il 3 nov 2017
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Blues For A Playboy
Jazz - Pubblicato da Fivefour il 17 set 2007
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Great Guitars (Live At The Concord Summer Festival, Concord, CA / June 28, 1974)
Charlie Byrd, Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis
Jazz - Pubblicato da Concord Jazz il 4 ago 1988
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo