Barney Kessel was born at Muskogee, Oklahoma, on October 17 1923. He took up the guitar at the age of 12, teaching himself to play by copying guitarists he heard on the radio and records. He made ...

After far too many years away from Bay Area stages, guitarist Bruce Forman is back, playing with all the poise and improvisational daring-do that made him a San Francisco mainstay from the mid-1970s ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pamela and Bruce Forman have brushed off and polished up their “Cry Me A River” show, featuring a live musical performance with biographical notes on legendary jazz guitarist Barney Kessel and actress ...

Barney Kessel was one of the shining lights on the west coast jazz scene - equally revered as both an improviser and Hollywood session musician. And obsessive technician, the guitarist was one of a ...

Polls aren't just for politicians. In jazz, magazine writers and broadcasters have long held annual fan and critics ballots for just about everything. Best album, hottest saxophonist, best dressed ...

In a near six-decade career, he was rated the #1 guitarist in Esquire, Downbeat and Playboy magazine polls between 1947 and 1960. Barney Kessel, a pioneer of the electric guitar and a master of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...