SAN DIEGO - Barney Kessel, one of the most influential and innovative jazz guitarists of his time, has died at the age of 80. Kessel died Thursday at his San Diego home of a malignant brain tumor, the ...

Jeff Jacobson is a guitarist, songwriter, and veteran guitar transcriber with hundreds of published credits, having created the official note-for-note guitar tab books for artists such as Steve Vai, ...

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SAN DIEGO -- Muskogee native Barney Kessel, a high-profile jazz guitarist who performed with Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Art Tatum and other music greats, died of brain cancer Thursday in San ...

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 ...

Legendary jazz guitarist, Barney Kessel needs your help. He was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer in November 2001. He had surgery, Gamma knife radiation and therapy to rehabilitate him enough so ...

He's part of Oklahoma's jazz legacy and he's in need of support. That's why the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame announced Thursday it will hold a benefit concert for guitarist Barney Kessel, a hall of fame ...

Nick Millevoi is Premier Guitar’s senior editor and co-host of the 100 Guitarists podcast. His work as a journalist and musician reflects his curiosity for the ever-expanding possibilities of guitar ...

Guitar legend Barney Kessel is ailing and in need of help. In November of last year he was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer and soon after had surgery, Gamma knife radiation and therapy to ...

This isn’t a guitar I would normally choose for an article, but I think it demonstrates just how extreme Gibson’s custom division was prepared to get in order to make a customer happy back in the day.