The Great Guitars: Herb Ellis, Barney Kessel & Charlie Byrd Live Jazzfest Berlin - 1981 (audio only)

The Great Guitars: Herb Ellis, Barney Kessel & Charlie Byrd – Three Great Jazz Guitarists In Concert – Jazzfest Berlin – November 8, 1981 – RBB Radio Berlin. -Setlist?? Intro in German Goin' Out of My Head Also known as Great Guitars, the trio interchanged on various occasions to include other guitarists of note. Great Guitars was a supergroup formed by jazz guitarists Charlie Byrd, Herb Ellis, and Barney Kessel in 1973. The trio performed intermittently from 1973 and released several live albums: Great Guitars (1975), Great Guitars 2 (1976), Great Guitars at the Winery (1980), Great Guitars: Straight Tracks (1991), Return of the Great Guitars (1996), Great Guitars Concord Jazz (2005). After a stroke ended Kessel’s career in 1992, Ron Escheté, Mundell Lowe, Larry Coryell, and Tal Farlow variously joined Byrd and Ellis in later concerts. (Pastdaily).