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Barney Kessel, legendary musician, guitarist, influential jazz artist, composer, arranger, session player and record producer.
Pioneer of be-bop guitar, one of the leading figures in West Coast jazz, later delving into hard bop, Barney Kessel is now generally considered by fans, critics and fellow musicians around the world to be the greatest guitarist of all time.
Barney also wrote and published many music tutorials; made instructional videos; gave music seminars around the world; wrote a monthly column for years in Guitar Player Magazine, and wrote books including 'The Guitar'. Jim Crockett, the original publisher/editor of Guitar Player Magazine named his son, Kessel Crockett.
Kessel died of a brain tumor in San Diego, California. He had been in poor health after suffering a stroke in 1992.
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