To Swing or Not to Swing (subtitled Barney Kessel Volume 3) is an album by guitarist Barney Kessel released on the Contemporary label which was recorded at sessions in 1955. “Guitarist Barney Kessel’s string of [More]
“Easy To Be Hard” (Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni, James Rado) from the Album: Hair Is Beautiful (1968) Personnel: Barney Kessel – guitar Steve Gray – organ Tony Campo – bass Barry Morgan – drums _______________ [More]
One оf Barney Kеѕѕеl’ѕ grеаtеѕt albums еvеr – a rаrе Itаlіаn-оnlу session thаt hаѕ a ѕраrklу Brazilian grооvе! Thе record was rесоrdеd in Rоmе іn 1970, and it’s gоt Kеѕѕеl’ѕ guitar frоntіng a combo wіth [More]
Recorded in 1976 for Concord, Soaring features Kessel on guitar, Monty Budwig on bass and Jake Hanna on drums. Kessel was among the most prolific jazz guitarists, recording on more than 500 known jazz sessions. [More]
AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow: This CD reissue contains a sleepy trio session by guitarist Barney Kessel who teams up with bassist Kenny Napper and drummer John Marshall for a variety of current pop tunes [More]
