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Kessel became a busy studio musician in Los Angeles but was always in demand for jazz records. He toured with the Oscar Peterson Trio for one year (1952-53) and then, starting in 1953, led an impressive series of records for Contemporary that lasted until 1961 (including several with Ray Brown and Shelly Manne in a trio accurately called "The Poll Winners"). After touring Europe with George Wein's Newport All-Stars (1968) Kessel lived in London for a time (1969-70).
In 1973 he began touring and recording with the Great Guitars, a group also including Herb Ellis and Charlie Byrd. A serious stroke in 1992 put Barney Kessel permanently out of action but many of his records (which include dates for Onyx, Black Lion, Sonet and Concord in addition to many of the Contemporaries) are currently available along with several video collections put out by Vestapol.
In 2004, Kessel died of brain cancer in San Diego, California. Read more about Barney Kessel on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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Barney Kessel
1923-10-17 to 2004-05-06
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- The Oscar Peterson Trio
- Buddy Bregman Orchestra
- Flip Phillips and His Orchestra
- Flip Phillips Sextet
- Lionel Hampton and His All-Stars
- The Great Guitars
- Barney Kessel Ensemble
- The Poll Winners
- Barney Kessel’s Allstars
- Barney Kessel Plus Big Band
- Barney Kessel Septet
- The New Hot Club Quintet
- Barney Kessel Quintet
- The Candoli Brothers Sextet
- The Oscar Peterson Quartet
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