Barney Kessel
Personal Info
Known for
Sound
From
Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA
Born
10/17/1923
Age
101
Credit(s)
1
Biography
In a near six-decade career, he was rated the #1 guitarist in Esquire, Downbeat and Playboy magazine polls between 1947 and 1960. Barney Kessel, a pioneer of the electric guitar and a master of harmonic improvisations, also recorded over fifty albums including a number of innovative albums with drummer Shelly Manne and bassist Ray Brown that were r ...Show More
