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Barney Kessel
Barney Kessel (October 17, 1923 – May 6, 2004) was an American jazz guitarist born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA. Generally considered to be one of the greatest jazz guitarists of the 20th century, he was noted in particular for his vast knowledge of chords and inversions and chord-based melodies. He was a member of many prominent jazz groups as well as a "first call" guitarist for studio, film, and television recording sessions. Kessel was a member of the group of session musicians informally known as The Wrecking Crew.
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Unheard Bird: The Unissued Takes [2016]
Unheard Bird: The Unissued Takes [2016]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| What Is This Thing Called Love [Alternate Take] [#] | 2:16 |
Buddy Rich, Vol. 6 [2013]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me | 5:14 |
| Nice Work If You Can Get It | 4:07 |
Jazz Journeys Presents High Speed Swing, Vol. 7: 100 Essential Tracks [2013]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Solitude | 2:09 |
Jazz Journeys Presents the Birth of Bebop, Vol. 3: 100 Essential Tracks [2013]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| What Is This Thing Called Love | 2:25 |
Jazz Journeys Presents the Birth of Bebop: Charlie Parker-100 Essential Tracks [2013]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| What Is This Thing Called Love | 2:25 |
The Hot 100: Charlie Parker - 100 Essential Tracks [2013]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| What Is This Thing Called Love | 2:25 |
Four Classic Albums: Flip/The Flip Phillips - Buddy Rich Trio/Flip Wails/Swinging With [2012]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| What is This Thing Called Love |
The Complete Mercury/Clef Recordings [2012]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Cheek To Cheek | 3:03 |
| I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) | 3:12 |
| In a Mellow Tone | 3:08 |
| Take the "A" Train | 3:17 |
| Cotton Tail | 3:50 |
| Prelude To a Kiss | 3:18 |
| Don't Get Around Much Anymore | 3:58 |
Three Classic Albums Plus: Some Like It Hot/The Poll Winners/Carmen [2012]
Blues for a Playboy [2007]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Just Squeeze Me | 2:59 |
| Prelude to a Kiss | 3:14 |
| Speak Low | 2:45 |
| Don't Blame Me | 2:58 |
| My Reverie | 2:34 |
| Laura | 3:26 |
| When Your Lover Has Gone | 4:59 |
| What Is This Thing Called Love | 7:55 |
| I Can't Get Started | 3:43 |
| Pick Yourself Up | 3:07 |
I Got Rhythm [2006]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Long Ago and Far Away | 3:46 |
| Love Walked In | 3:07 |
| Just Squeeze Me | 2:58 |
| Lullaby of Birdland | 3:08 |
| I Let a Song Go out of My Heart | 3:39 |
Supreme Jazz [2006]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Speak Low | |
| Love Is Here to Stay | |
| How Long Has This Been Going On | |
| A Foggy Day | |
| You Stepped out of a Dream |
My Old Flame [2005]
Blue Guitar [2004]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| How High the Moon | 5:12 |
| Aquarius | 5:07 |
| More Than You Know | 4:16 |
| The Look of Love | 4:10 |
| It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) | 5:51 |
Salute to Charlie Christian [2004]
Plays for Lovers [2003]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Embraceable You | 3:24 |
| This Guy's in Love With You | 5:19 |
| Angel Eyes | 4:42 |
| My Reverie | 2:34 |
| Love Is Here to Stay | 3:28 |
| Laura | 3:27 |
| You Go to My Head | 4:24 |
| I'm Through With Love | 3:19 |
Breakfast at Tiffany's/Bossa Nova/Contemporary Latin Rhythms [2002]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Moon River | 2:29 |
| Moon River [Cha Cha] | 2:32 |
| Heartaches | 2:09 |
HIP JAZZ BOP - Freedom on the March: Jazz Essentials By Jazz Greats [2002]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| It Don't Mean a Thing, If It Ain't Got That Swing | 5:47 |
Great Guitars: Live [2001]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Body and Soul | 4:51 |
| You Took Advantage of Me | 2:53 |
| Straighten Up and Fly Right | 5:43 |
| Where or When | 4:37 |
| Get Happy | 5:55 |
Violin Jazz: A Nostalgic Collection [2000]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) | 3:03 |
Oscar Peterson Plays the Duke Ellington Song Book [Compilation] [1999]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| In a Mellow Tone | 3:06 |
| I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) | 3:11 |
| Prelude to a Kiss | 3:16 |
| Don't Get Around Much Anymore | 3:57 |
| Take the "A" Train | 3:15 |
| Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me | 2:49 |
Quintette du Hot Club de France [Charly] [1999]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) | 3:05 |
The Complete Verve/Clef Charlie Ventura & Flip Phillips Studio Sessions [1998]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| What Is This Thing Called Love? |
The Concord Jazz Heritage Series [1998]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| I Love You | 5:27 |
| What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? | 2:56 |
| You Go to My Head | 4:27 |
It's a Blue World [1996]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Aquarius | 5:03 |
| The Look of Love | 4:06 |
| More Than You Know | 4:12 |
| How High the Moon | 5:08 |
Jazz Guitar [Jazz World] [1996]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Aquarius | 5:03 |
| The Look of Love | 4:06 |
| More Than You Know | 4:12 |
| How High the Moon | 5:08 |
Legendary Rockland Palace Concert , Vol. 1 [1996]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| What Is This Thing Called Love? [#] | 2:24 |
Stephane Grappelli & Friends in Paris [1996]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) | 4:22 |
The Complete Legendary Rockland Palace Concert 1952 [1996]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| What Is This Thing Called Love | 2:26 |
| What Is This Thing Called Love? [Take 2] | 2:58 |
The Song Is You: The Best of the Verve Songbooks [1996]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Cheek to Cheek | 3:00 |
| Prelude to a Kiss | 3:16 |
| I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) | 3:11 |
Plays More Songs of Duke Ellington [1995]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) | 5:43 |
Duke Ellington Songbook [1994] [1994]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) | 5:43 |
Jazz Masters, Vol. 2 [Sob] [1994]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| It Don't Mean a Thing, If It Ain't Got That Swing | 5:41 |
| Autumn Leaves | 4:52 |
Verve Jazz Masters 30 [1994]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| On the Sunny Side of the Street | 3:29 |
| (Back Home Again In) Indiana | 7:06 |
| I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) | 3:44 |
The Original Jazz Masters Series, Vol. 2 [1993]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) | 5:41 |
| Autumn Leaves | 4:49 |
The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945-1959 [1992]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Just Friends | 6:26 |
| When Your Lover Has Gone | 4:58 |
The Cole Porter Songbook [1990]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| What Is This Thing Called Love? (Norman Granz Jam Session) | 15:51 |
Autumn Leaves [1989]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Autumn Leaves | 4:56 |
| Corcovado (Quit Nights) | 3:28 |
| Aquarius | 5:06 |
| The Look of Love | 4:09 |
Solo [1981]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? | 3:02 |
| Everything Happens To Me | 3:30 |
| You Are the Sunshine of My Life | 5:00 |
| People | 5:00 |
Bird with Strings: Live at the Apollo, Carnegie Hall & Birdland [1978]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| What Is This Thing Called Love? |
Limehouse Blues [1969]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) | 5:47 |
| How High the Moon | |
| Undecided |
Aquarius: The Music from Hair [1968]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Aquarius | 3:26 |
| Frank Mills | 3:41 |
| Where Do I Go | 4:50 |
| I Got Life | 3:51 |
| Walking in Space | 4:44 |
| Ain't Got No | 3:46 |
| Easy to Be Hard | 4:06 |
| Good Morning Starshine | 3:59 |
| Donna | 2:50 |
Hair Is Beautiful [1968]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Aquarius | 4:25 |
| Frank Mills | 3:45 |
| Where Do I Go? | 4:52 |
| I Got Life | 3:51 |
| Walking in Space | 3:40 |
| Ain't Got No | 3:39 |
| Good Morning Starshine | 3:53 |
| Donna | 3:15 |
Some Like It Hot [1959]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Stairway to the Stars | 3:16 |
| Runnin' Wild | 3:19 |
| Runnin' Wild [Alternate Take][*] | 6:31 |
| I'm Thru with Love | 3:14 |
Some Like It Hot [Japan Bonus Track] [1959]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Stairway to the Stars | 3:19 |
| Runnin' Wild | 3:23 |
| I'm Thru With Love | 3:19 |
| Runnin' Wild [Alternate Take][*] | 6:34 |
The Poll Winners Ride Again! [1959]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu) | |
| On Green Dolphin Street | 4:04 |
| Volare (Nel Blu, Dipinto Di Blu) | 4:23 |
Four! Hampton Hawes!!!! [1958]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Like Someone in Love | 3:21 |
| Love Is Just Around the Corner | 5:42 |
| Thou Swell [Bonus Track] [*] | 4:54 |
Kessel Plays Standards [1955]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Speak Low | 2:45 |
| Love Is Here to Stay | 3:27 |
| How Long Has This Been Going On? | 3:20 |
| Jeepers Creepers | 3:51 |
| Prelude to a Kiss | 3:13 |
| A Foggy Day | 3:10 |
| You Stepped Out of a Dream | 2:53 |
| I Didn't Know What Time It Was | 3:57 |
Vol. 3: To Swing or Not to Swing [1955]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Embraceable You | 3:24 |
| Don't Blame Me | 2:58 |
| Love Is Here To Stay [*] | 3:26 |
| A Foggy Day [*] | 3:09 |
Easy Like, Vol. 1 [1953]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Lullaby of Birdland | 3:16 |
| I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart | 4:12 |
| Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me) | 3:41 |
Let's Cook!
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Let's Cook! [Instrumental] | 11:18 |
| Time Remembered [Instrumental] | 4:18 |
| Just In Time [Instrumental] | 4:57 |
| Tiger Rag [Instrumental] | 9:50 |
| Jersey Bounce [Instrumental] | 9:32 |
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