Oklahoma Musicians

Jazz history

Barney Kessel

The Oklahoma Historical Society identifies Kessel as born in Muskogee in 1923 and raised in its African American business and entertainment district, where he became a jazz guitarist. OHS oral-history and newspaper materials document his Oklahoma upbringing and later national recording career.

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Oklahoma connection

OHS directly documents Muskogee birth and childhood musical development.

Musical work and relationships

Jazz guitarist; early Muskogee/Deep Deuce context; studio and touring work.

Hall of Fame account

The Hall catalog lists Barney Kessel as a guitarist inducted in 1991.

Sources

  1. www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry
  2. gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2642509/m1/6/
  3. server.okhistory.org/learn/avokp-episode
  4. www.okjazz.org/inductees/

Related source accounts

These records use the same display name in different source contexts. They remain separate accounts.