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KESSEL Barney
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Personal Data:

Born: 17.10.1923 (Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA)
Died: 06.05.2004 (brain cancer)

Albums Discography:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.Easy Like1953
2.Barney Kessel Plays Standards1954
3.To Swing or Not to Swing28.03.1955Universal
4.Let's Cook1956
5.Swinging Party1957
6.The Poll Winners
& Ray Brown & Shelley Manne		1957 Concord
7.Working Out1958
8.The Poll Winners Ride Again!
& Shelly Manne & Ray Brown		02.11.1959
9.Breakfast At Tiffany's1961
10.Kessel / Contemporary Latin Rhythms1963 WEA
11.Swinging Easy1968
12.Blue Soul1968
13.Hair Is Beautiful02.11.1968WEA
14.Feeling Free1969
15.Limehouse Blues1969
16.Summertime In Montreux1972
17.Just Friends1973
18.Barney Plays Kessel1975
19.Poor Butterfly
& Herb Ellis		1977
20.Soaring5/1977 Concord
21.At The Winery
& Herb Ellis		1978
22.Slow Burn2/1978 Phil Spector
23.Jelly Beans1981
24.Barney Kessel Solo1983
25.Live
& Herb Ellis & Charlie Byrd
(live)		22.05.2001Concord Jazz
26.Barney Kessel's Swingin' Party at Contempora15.03.2002Original Jazz Classics
27.Plays for Lovers07.10.2003Contemporary
28.Blue Guitar27.07.2004
29.I Got Rhythm13.06.2006
30.Blues for a Playboy30.10.2007Fivefour
31.Live at Sometime
(live)		23.12.2008
32.Kessel Plays Carmen: Modern Jazz Performances From Bizet's Carmen25.02.2009Original Jazz Classics
33.Quartet / Quintet
& Hampton Hawes		21.04.2009
34.Kessel Plays Standards Vol 223.02.2012Original Jazz Classics
35.Four!
& Hampton Hawes		12.06.2012Phoenix Jazz
36.Three Classic Albums Plus: Some Like It Hot / The Poll Winners / Carmen31.07.2012Avid Jazz
37.7 Classic Albums24.09.2013Real Gone Jazz
38.Kessel's Kit13.11.2015
39.Live at the Jazz Mill 1954
(live)		12.08.2016Modern Harmonic

Press References:

Melody Maker
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
19753316.08.197549Caught In The Actgig review
19753820.09.197556Jazz Recordsalbum review
19754615.11.197528Caught In The Actgig review
19761510.04.197625Jazz Albumsalbum review
19772121.05.197728Jazz Albumsalbum review
19774612.11.197762interview
19774719.11.197718Caught In The Actgig review
1978611.02.197833Jazz Albumsalbum review
19814721.11.198133Caught In The Actgig review