George Barrow

George Barrow (25 September 1921 – 20 March 2013) 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, 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, notably on the classic album The Blues and the Abstract Truth.

Birth and Death Data: Born September 21, 1921 (New York City), Died March 19, 2013 (West Village)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1957

Roles Represented in DAHR: tenor saxophone

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	101374	1/16/1957	Some day morning will come	Amram-Barrow Quartet, The	instrumentalist, tenor saxophone
Decca	101375	1/16/1957	Lobo nocho	Amram-Barrow Quartet, The	instrumentalist, tenor saxophone
Decca	101376	1/16/1957	I let a song go out of my heart	Amram-Barrow Quartet, The	instrumentalist, tenor saxophone
Decca	101377	1/16/1957	Darn that dream	Amram-Barrow Quartet, The	instrumentalist, tenor saxophone
Decca	101404	1/21/1957	City talk	Amram-Barrow Quartet, The	instrumentalist, tenor saxophone
Decca	101405	1/21/1957	Phipps quipps	Amram-Barrow Quartet, The	instrumentalist, tenor saxophone
Decca	101406	1/21/1957	The best thing for you	Amram-Barrow Quartet, The	instrumentalist, tenor saxophone
Decca	101407	1/30/1957	Shenandoah	Amram-Barrow Quartet, The	instrumentalist, tenor saxophone
Decca	101408	1/30/1957	Somewhere along the way	Amram-Barrow Quartet, The	instrumentalist, tenor saxophone
Decca	101409	1/30/1957	I love you	Amram-Barrow Quartet, The	instrumentalist, tenor saxophone

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Barrow, George," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/303265.

Barrow, George. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/303265.

"Barrow, George." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.