Bill Barron (musician)
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Birth name | William Barron, Jr. |
Born |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | March 27, 1927
Died |
September 21, 1989 62) Middletown, Connecticut | (aged
Genres | Jazz |
Occupations | Musician, educator |
Instruments | Saxophone, clarinet |
Associated acts | Ted Curson, Cecil Taylor, Kenny Barron |
Bill Barron (born William Barron, Jr., March 27, 1927–September 21, 1989)[1] was an American jazz tenor and soprano tenor saxophonist.[1]
Barron was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1] He first appeared on a Cecil Taylor recording in 1959, and he later recorded extensively with Philly Joe Jones and co-led a post-bop quartet with Ted Curson. His younger brother, pianist Kenny Barron, appeared on all of the sessions that the elder Barron led.[1][2] Other musicians he recorded with included Charles Mingus and Ollie Shearer.
Barron also directed a jazz workshop at the Children's Museum in Brooklyn, taught at City College of New York, and became the chairman of the music department at Wesleyan University.[1] He recorded for Savoy, recording that label's last jazz record in 1972,[1] and Muse. The Bill Barron Collection is housed at the Institute of Jazz Studies of the Rutgers University libraries.[3]
Barron died September 21, 1989 in Middletown, Connecticut.[1]
Discography
As leader
- 1961: The Tenor Stylings of Bill Barron
- 1962: The Leopard (Chiaroscuro Records)
- 1962: Modern Windows - A Jazz Suite from the New 'Soul'
- 1962: Hot Line - The Tenor of Bill Barron
- 1963: West Side Story Bossa Nova
- 1978: Jazz Caper
- 1987: The Next Plateau
As sideman
With Cecil Taylor
- Love for Sale (1959)
With Philly Joe Jones
- Showcase (Riverside, 1959)
With Ted Curson
- Tears for Dolphy (1964)
With Charles Mingus
With Sam Rivers
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Yanow, Scott. Bill Barron (musician) at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-07-06.
- ↑ Jazz discography.com
- ↑ "The William “Bill” Barron (1927 – 1989) Collection" (PDF).
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