Barney Kessel

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One of the finest guitarists to emerge after the death of Charlie Christian, Barney Kessel was a reliable bop soloist throughout his career.
He played with a big band fronted by Chico Marx (1943), and after that worked with the big bands of Charlie Barnet (1944-1945) and Artie Shaw (1945).
Kessel became a busy studio musician in Los Angeles, but was always in demand for jazz records. He toured with the Oscar Peterson Trio for one year (1952-1953).
In 1973, he began touring and recording with the Great Guitars, a group also including Herb Ellis and Charlie Byrd.
A serious stroke in 1992 put Barney Kessel permanently out of action. Kessel was diagnosed with inoperable cancer in 2001, which eventually took his life in May of 2004. He was 80 years old.