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): Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias • Eugenio Hernández Flores • Guy Henry (actor) • Irene Ryan • Johann Gerhard • José Andrés Pacheco de Melo • José López Rega • Kostas Tsartsaris • Luiz Bonfá • Mark Gatiss • Oliver Rackham • Randall Munroe
Born in the same month (October 1923): Albert Guðmundsson (footballer, born 1923) • Baby Dalupan • Bert Trautmann • Břetislav Pojar • Gloria Oden • Goody Petronelli • Jessie Mae Hemphill • Ned Wertimer • Robert Kuok • Roy Lichtenstein