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Quick Facts
Biography
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)