George Barrow (musician)

George Barrow (21 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.

Discography

As leader/co-leader

• The Amram-Barrow Quartet – with David Amram

As sideman

• 1954: The Moods of Mingus - Charles Mingus, John LaPorta, Teo Macero, George Barrow, Mal Waldron, Rudy Nichols^[3]
• 1955: Mingus at The Bohemia - with Charles Mingus, George Barrow, Eddie Bert, Mal Waldron, Willie Jones (Debut DEB 123)^[4]
• 1957: The Three Playmates - The Three Playmates with George Barrow, Jerome Richardson, Budd Johnson, Sam Price, Kenny Burrell, Joe Benjamin, Bobby Donaldson, Ernie Wilkins (arranger) (Savoy Records)^[5]
• 1961: The Blues and the Abstract Truth - Oliver Nelson
• 1962: Clark Terry Plays the Jazz Version of All American - Clark Terry (Moodsville, 1962)

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