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When I joined the trio, it was as if I was capable of driving a sports car at 60, but Ray Brown and Oscar Peterson just kept pressing the pedal down, and I was trying to control the car at 80!
Barney Kessel
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Barney Kessel
Age: 80 †
Born: 1923
Born: October 17
Died: 2004
Died: May 6
Guitarist
Jazz Guitarist
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Muskogee
Oklahoma
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