Barney Kessel

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bandleader human jazz guitarist musician session musician

Barney Kessel was an influential American jazz guitarist known for his virtuosic bebop style and extensive work as both a bandleader and session musician.

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instanceOf bandleader ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz guitarist ⓘ
musician ⓘ
session musician ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1990s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1940 ⓘ
associatedAct Art Tatum NERFINISHED ⓘ
Charlie Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hampton Hawes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Julie London NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lester Young NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oscar Peterson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ray Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ
Red Norvo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shelly Manne NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath brain tumor ⓘ
collaboratedWith Billie Holiday NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sam Cooke NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sonny Rollins NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Beach Boys NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1923-10-17 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2004-05-06 ⓘ
familyName Kessel NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName Barney Kessel NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre bebop ⓘ
cool jazz ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
givenName Barney NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced jazz guitarists ⓘ
instrument guitar ⓘ
memberOf The Poll Winners NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wrecking Crew NERFINISHED ⓘ
movement West Coast jazz NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableAchievement Ranked highly in DownBeat magazine polls in the 1950s ⓘ
notableWork Barney Kessel Plays Carmen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Barney Kessel Plays Standards NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Poll Winners NERFINISHED ⓘ
To Swing or Not to Swing NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation arranger ⓘ
composer ⓘ
guitarist ⓘ
placeOfBirth Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath San Diego, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel Concord Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
Contemporary Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
Reprise Records ⓘ
Verve Records ⓘ
style bebop guitar ⓘ
workedAs studio musician in Los Angeles ⓘ

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Dial Records → recordedArtist → Barney Kessel ⓘ
Charlie Christian → influenced → Barney Kessel ⓘ
Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States → hasNotableResident → Barney Kessel ⓘ
subject surface form: Muskogee, Oklahoma
Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States → birthplaceOf → Barney Kessel ⓘ
subject surface form: Muskogee, Oklahoma
Oscar Peterson Trio → hasMember → Barney Kessel ⓘ
Herb Ellis → associatedAct → Barney Kessel ⓘ