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Barney Kessel

Jazz
Swing
Be bop
Widely acclaimed as one of the greatest jazz guitarists of all time, Barney Kessel - a be-bop pioneer - was a top session musician who played on over 60 records for everyone from Sam Cooke to The Beach Boys. Born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, he was 12 when he first picked up a guitar and had left home and was playing professionally by the time he was 14. Because he was so obsessed with the guitar and practised, reputedly, for around 16 hours a day, he quickly became a force to be reckoned with. His reputation grew after he moved to Los Angeles and in 1944 he appeared in the feature fil...
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What Is This Thing Called LoveCharlie Parker, Johnny Hodges, Barney Kessel, Oscar Peterson, Flip Phillips, Ben Webster, Charlie Shavers, Benny Carter, Ray Brown and J.C. Heard
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More Than You KnowBarney Kessel
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Love Is Here to StayBarney Kessel
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Cow Cow BoogieCharlie Byrd, Herb Ellis, Barney Kessel and Kessel
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Speak LowBarney Kessel
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The Sound of SilenceBarney Kessel
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What Is This Thing Called LoveCharlie Parker, Johnny Hodges, Barney Kessel, Oscar Peterson, Flip Phillips, Ben Webster, Charlie Shavers, Benny Carter, Ray Brown and J.C. Heard

Midnight Jazz At Carnegie Hall

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More Than You KnowBarney Kessel

It'S A Blue World

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Love Is Here to StayBarney Kessel

Kessel Plays Standards

3:26

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Cow Cow BoogieCharlie Byrd, Herb Ellis, Barney Kessel and Kessel

3:47

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Speak LowBarney Kessel

Kessel Plays Standards

2:45

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The Sound of SilenceBarney Kessel

La Serenissima II (Lute Music in Venice 1550-1600)

7:39

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