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    George Barrow (musician)

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    George Barrow (25 September 1921 – 20 March 2013[1]) was an American jazz saxophonist who played both tenor and baritone saxes.

    Self-taught on the saxophone, flute and clarinet, by the mid-1950s, he was playing in different line-ups led by Charles Mingus,[2] including the Quintet (with Eddie Bert, Mal Waldron and Max Roach) before going on to join line-ups led by Ernie Wilkins, including the Ernie Wilkins-Kenny Clarke Septet and the Ernie Wilkins Orchestra, as well as with Oliver Nelson, notably on the classic album The Blues and the Abstract Truth.

    Discography[edit]

    As leader[edit]

    • The Amram-Barrow Quartet – with David Amram

    As sideman[edit]

    With Kenny Clarke and Ernie Wilkins

    • Kenny Clarke & Ernie Wilkins (Savoy, 1955)

    With Charles Mingus

    • The Moods of Mingus (Savoy, 1955)[3]
    • Mingus at the Bohemia (Debut, 1955)[4]
    • The Charles Mingus Quintet & Max Roach (Debut, 1955)

    With Teddy Charles

    • The Teddy Charles Tentet (Atlantic, 1956)
    • Word from Bird (Atlantic, 1957)

    With The Three Playmates

    • The Three Playmates (Savoy, 1957)[5]

    With Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis

    • Trane Whistle (Prestige, 1960)

    With Oliver Nelson

    • The Blues and the Abstract Truth (Impulse, 1961)

    With Gene Ammons

    • Soul Summit Vol. 2 (Prestige, 1962)
    • Late Hour Special (Prestige, 1964)
    • Velvet Soul (Prestige, 1964)

    With Jimmy Forrest

    • Soul Street (New Jazz, 1962)

    With Etta Jones

    • From the Heart (Prestige, 1962)

    With Jimmy Smith

    • Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith (Verve, 1962)

    With Clark Terry

    • Clark Terry Plays the Jazz Version of All American (Moodsville, 1962)

    With Frank Wess

    • Southern Comfort (Prestige, 1962)

    With Bill Dixon

    • Bill Dixon 7-tette/Archie Shepp and the New York Contemporary 5 (Savoy, 1964)

    With Bobby Timmons

    • Got to Get It! (Milestone, 1967)

    With The Jazz Composer's Orchestra

    • The Jazz Composer's Orchestra (ECM, 1968)

    With Melvin Van Peebles

    • Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death (A&M, 1971)

    With Jimmy Owens

    • Headin' Home (A&M/Horizon, 1978)

    References[edit]

    1. ^ Jazz legend George Barrow is dead at 91 Daily News. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
    2. ^ Jenkins, Todd S. (2006) I Know What I Know: The Music of Charles Mingus, p. 34. Greenwood Publishing Group At Google Books. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
    3. ^ Savoy 15000 series Jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
    4. ^ Charles Mingus Catalog Jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
    5. ^ Savoy Records discography Jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
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