Jazz guitarist, arranger, writer and producer Barney Kessel died Thursday (May 6) of brain cancer in San Diego, Calif. He was 80. He had been in ill health since suffering a debilitating stroke in… By ...

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 ...

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 ...

Barney Kessel, guitarist and bandleader: born Muskogee, Oklahoma 17 October 1923; four times married (two sons); died San Diego, California 6 May 2004. "Barney Kessel is incredible. He's just amazing ...

SAN DIEGO -- Muskogee native Barney Kessel, a high-profile jazz guitarist who performed with Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Art Tatum and other music greats, died of brain cancer Thursday in San ...

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 ...

Barney Kessel, a jazz guitarist who played in a number of celebrated bands in the 1940s and enjoyed a long career as a studio musician, has died. Kessel died of brain cancer at his home in San Diego, ...

Guitarist Barney Kessel, who has died at his home in San Diego, was as popular among his fellow musicians as he was among jazz guitar aficionados and he was held in particularly high regard here in ...

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.

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 ...