Big Bill Broonzy · Spotify · Courtesy of Spotify
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Old Age Sucks
- The Great Disconnect
- Census of Pointe Coupee, Louisiana, 1745
- The Official NFL encyclopedia of pro football
- The Vaudreuil papers
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1943-06-09
hard bopjazzpost-bop
Discography
- Sunset to Dawn1973
- Peruvian Blue1974
- Lucifer1975
- Innocence1978
- Together1979
- In Tandem1980
- Europa Jazz1981
- Music for Violin & Jazz Quartet1981
- At the Piano1982
- Golden Lotus1982
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 763
- Total plays
- 7,478
Tags
saxophonejazzcomplexinstrumentalsophisticated
Bill Barron (1927–1989) was a tenor saxophonist (doubling on soprano) who never received much recognition. He spent his formative years and beyond in Philadelphia, not moving to New York until 1958. Barron first came to the jazz world's attention through his participation on a Cecil Taylor date in 1959. After recording with Philly Joe Jones, Barron co-led a fine post-bop quartet with Ted Curson. However, Barron spent much of the remainder of his career as an educator <a href="https://www.last.fm
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bill
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia
- Place of death
- Middletown
- Sibling
- Kenny Barron
- Occupation
- saxophonist
- Employer
- Wesleyan University
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- saxophone
Show 4 more facts
- date of birth
- 1927-03-27
- date of death
- 1989-09-21
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- different from
- Bill Barron
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