🎤 Barney Kessel // collaborations · IMUDB
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Barney Kessel
Instruments
guitar
Awards
Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame
IMUDB Ranking
8.9/10
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🎧 128,539 listeners
▶ 933,281 plays
Wikipedia
Barney Kessel (October 17, 1923 – May 6, 2004) was an American jazz guitarist. 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.
🤝 Collaborations (19)
MusicBrainz credits combined with Genius song credits from top 15 tracks
Barney Kessel has 19 credited collaborators on IMUDB — 16 bandmates, 3 other. Active 1923–2004.
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⭐ Known For
Kessel Plays Standards
▶ 176,879
To Swing or Not to Swing
▶ 54,105
Breakfast At Tiffany's
▶ 41,882
The Poll Winners
▶ 65,135
Blue Guitar
▶ 26,701
Plays For Lovers
▶ 32,337
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Something Bigger
2021
Live At The Jazz Mill 1954, Vol. 2
2018
Barney Kessel: Live at the Jazz Mill 1954
2017
Blue Guitar
2004
Plays for Lovers (1953-1988)
2003
📻 Historical Recordings
56 sides digitised by the Great 78 Project — original 78rpm transfers, free to stream
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