Bill Barron (musician)

Bill Barron (born William Barron, Jr., March 27, 1927September 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)
• The New Thing and the Blue Thing (1965)

With Charles Mingus

• Mingus Revisited

With Sam Rivers

• Crystals

References

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