One of the most prolific jazz guitarists in L.A. was Barney Kessel. In the late 1950s, he was recording for Contemporary. The beauty of the label, in addition to the sterling taste and impeccable ...

Today for Music Education Monday, you can get a video lesson from the legendary guitarist Barney Kessel. Some younger musicians and fans understandably might not know Kessel, who died of a brain tumor ...

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, ...

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He's part of Oklahoma's jazz legacy and he's in need of support. That's why the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame announced Thursday it will hold a benefit concert for guitarist Barney Kessel, a hall of fame ...

The guitarist Barney Kessel, who died of brain cancer May 6 at age 80, was playing a ballad at the Washington club Charlie's in 1982 when a dish dropped and several cubes of ice fell to the floor.