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Among the finest guitarists to emerge following the loss of life of Charlie Christian, Barney Kessel was a trusted bop soloist throughout his profession. He used a huge music group fronted by Chico Marx (1943), was luckily enough to surface in the traditional jazz brief Jammin’ the Blues (1944), and …

This West Coast bop combo featured Barney Kessel on guitar, Ray Brown on bass, and drummer Shelly Mann; the trio produced its Poll Winners moniker from your three music artists’ placements in 1956-1957 Down Defeat, Metronome, and Playboy visitors’ polls as greatest on their particular instruments. Created in 1957, they …

The huge and comfortable sound of Ray Brown’s bass was a welcome feature on bop-oriented sessions for over a half-century. He performed locally in his indigenous Pittsburgh in his start. Arriving in NY in 1945, on his initial day around Brown fulfilled and used Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and Bud …

Shelly Manne made a many records from your 1940s in to the ’80s but is best-known like a good-humored bandleader who by no means hogged the limelight. Originally a saxophonist, Manne turned to drums when he was 18 and began working almost instantly. He was with Joe Marsala’s music group …