Barney Kessel’s Allstars

Barney Kessel’s Allstars is a band / group whose catalog here spans 1949–1949. The artist is connected with Bebop, so genre, period and individual recordings offer useful ways into the work.

Listen for how Bebop shape rhythm, voice and arrangement. A starting path includes “Atom Buster”. Then move to “The Chronological Classics: Dodo Marmarosa 1945-1950” to hear how recordings are organized in a release context.