Oklahoma Musicians

Hall of Fame history

Barney Kessel

Jazz guitarist, studio musician, and educator who became a major postwar guitar voice and worked with leading jazz artists.

Oklahoma connection

The University of Missouri–Kansas City digital exhibit identifies Kessel as born in Muskogee and documents his early Oklahoma City connection to Charlie Christian.

Recognition

The captured Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame roster places this entry under 1999.

Sources

  1. okmusichall.com/inductees/
  2. exhibits.library.umkc.edu/s/kessel/page/about

Related source accounts

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