Bill Barron (musician)
| Bill Barron | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | William Barron, Jr. |
| Born | March 27, 1927 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Middletown, Connecticut, US |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, educator |
| Instruments | Saxophone, clarinet |
| Associated acts | Ted Curson, Cecil Taylor, Kenny Barron |
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 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
- 1972: Motivation
- 1978: Jazz Caper
- 1987: The Next Plateau
As sideman
With Cecil Taylor
- Love for Sale (1959)
With Philly Joe Jones
- Showcase (Riverside, 1959)
- Philly Joe's Beat (Atlantic, 1960)
With Ted Curson
- Plenty of Horn (Old Town, 1961)
- Tears for Dolphy (Fontana, 1964)
- Flip Top (Freedom, 1964 [1977])
- The New Thing & the Blue Thing (Atlantic, 1965)
- Snake Johnson (Chiaroscuro, 1981)
With Charles Mingus
With Sam Rivers
- Crystals (Blue Note)
