George Barrow (musician)


George Barrow 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 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

With Kenny Clarke and Ernie Wilkins
With Charles Mingus
With Teddy Charles
With The Three Playmates
With Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
With Oliver Nelson
With Gene Ammons
With Jimmy Forrest
With Etta Jones
With Jimmy Smith
With Clark Terry
With Frank Wess
  • Southern Comfort
With Bill Dixon
  • Bill Dixon 7-tette/Archie Shepp and the New York Contemporary 5
With Bobby Timmons
With The Jazz Composer's Orchestra
With Melvin Van Peebles
With Jimmy Owens'