Barney Kessel lived multiple musical lives during his remarkable career, which saw the Oklahoma-born, San Diego-based guitar master play on a slew of classic jazz, pop and rock records. The new, ...

If you're new to jazz, go to our Getting Into Jazz primer for some hints on how to listen. CD Capsule Beautiful work by a luminary of the jazz guitar. These albums are a showcase for Kessel's skill ...

A benefit concert for jazz guitar great Barney Kessel, who has been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, has been scheduled for Wednesday, June 12th, at Birdland located at 315 West 44th Street in ...

Barney Kessel, a pioneer of bebop guitar and a leading figure in the West Coast jazz of the 1950s and ’60s, died May 6 of brain cancer. He was 80. As front man and a featured artist, he recorded more ...

Last year, when George`s still was going strong, that club mounted an informal seminar in the history of the jazz guitar–featuring, within a few weeks of each other, three of the most vital disciples ...

On ‘Reunion,’ Bruce Forman, John Clayton, and Jeff Hamilton cover and rearrange the music of Barney Kessel, Ray Brown, and Shelly Manne, who made five ‘Poll Winners’ albums starting in 1957. Detail of ...

Barney Kessel, the innovative and influential jazz guitarist known for his lyrical voice and harmonic improvisation, has died. He was 80. Mr. Kessel, a pioneer of the electric guitar, died Thursday ...

Barney Kessel, an innovative and influential jazz guitarist known for his lyrical voice and harmonic improvisation, has died. He was 80. Mr. Kessel, a pioneer of the electric guitar, died Thursday ...