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.

Discography

As leader

• The Amram-Barrow Quartet – with David Amram

As sideman

With Kenny Clarke and Ernie Wilkins

• Kenny Clarke & Ernie Wilkins (Savoy, 1955)

With Charles Mingus

• The Moods of Mingus (Savoy, 1955)
• Mingus at the Bohemia (Debut, 1955)
• The Charles Mingus Quintet & Max Roach (Debut, 1955)

With Teddy Charles

• The Teddy Charles Tentet (Atlantic, 1956)
• Word from Bird (Atlantic, 1957)

With The Three Playmates

• The Three Playmates (Savoy, 1957)

With Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis

• Trane Whistle (Prestige, 1960)

With Oliver Nelson

• The Blues and the Abstract Truth (Impulse, 1961)

With Gene Ammons

• Soul Summit Vol. 2 (Prestige, 1962)
• Late Hour Special (Prestige, 1964)
• Velvet Soul (Prestige, 1964)

With Jimmy Forrest

• Soul Street (New Jazz, 1962)

With Etta Jones

• From the Heart (Prestige, 1962)

With Jimmy Smith

• Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith (Verve, 1962)

With Clark Terry

• Clark Terry Plays the Jazz Version of All American (Moodsville, 1962)

With Frank Wess

• Southern Comfort (Prestige, 1962)

With Bill Dixon

• Bill Dixon 7-tette/Archie Shepp and the New York Contemporary 5 (Savoy, 1964)

With Bobby Timmons

• Got to Get It! (Milestone, 1967)

With The Jazz Composer's Orchestra

• The Jazz Composer's Orchestra (ECM, 1968)

With Melvin Van Peebles

• Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death (A&M, 1971)

With Jimmy Owens

• Headin' Home (A&M/Horizon, 1978)