Barney Kessel
Barney Kessel was an American jazz guitarist. Known in particular for his 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.
17 October 1923
Born on the same birth date (17 October 1923): Charles McClendon
Born on the same birth day (17 October): Anthony Gill (basketball) • Dhondup Wangchen • Dudu Aouate • Giovanni Marchese • Jerry Flannery • Mário Wilson • Norman Leyden • Oliver Rackham • Patrick Lambie • Simon Segars • Sophie Luck • Steve "Snapper" Jones • Wyclef Jean
Born in the same month (October 1923): Achille Silvestrini • Albert Guðmundsson (footballer, born 1923) • Baby Dalupan • Bobby Thomson • Břetislav Pojar • Carl Djerassi • Charlton Heston • Donald Sinden • Louis Gottlieb • Murray Walker • Ned Rorem • Nicholas Parsons • Philip Berrigan • Robin Day • Roy Lichtenstein • Yaşar Kemal