Barney Kessel

Sound

Birthday

1923/10/17

Day of death

2004/05/06 (80 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA

Also know as

Bernard Kessel

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 remarkable for the lack of a pianist. He also performed with the Oscar Peterson Trio and ensembles with Charlie Parker, Charlie Barnet, Art Tatum and A...Read more

Acting
Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
7.5

(2005) Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova

as Self (archive footage)

Perry Mason
7.7

(1957) Perry Mason

as Barney