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Bill Barron • The Tenor Stylings

Biography
by Scott Yanow
Bill Barron was an advanced and adventurous tenor saxophonist (doubling on soprano) who never compromised his music or 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, directing a jazz workshop at the Children's Museum in Brooklyn, teaching at City College of New York, and becoming the chairman of the music department at Wesleyan University. His "day job" made it possible for him to consistently record non-commercial music for Savoy (in 1972 he made that label's last jazz record), Dauntless, and Muse. Every one of Bill Barron's recordings as a leader uses brother Kenny Barron (16 years his junior) on piano.
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bill-barron-mn0000059950/biography

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Biografía
por Scott Yanow
Bill Barron fue un saxofonista tenor avanzado y aventurero (doblaba en soprano) que nunca comprometió su música ni recibió mucho reconocimiento. Pasó sus años de formación y los siguientes en Filadelfia, y no se trasladó a Nueva York hasta 1958. Barron llamó por primera vez la atención del mundo del jazz gracias a su participación en una cita con Cecil Taylor en 1959. Después de grabar con Philly Joe Jones, Barron codirigió un excelente cuarteto post-bop con Ted Curson. Sin embargo, Barron pasó gran parte del resto de su carrera como educador, dirigiendo un taller de jazz en el Museo de los Niños de Brooklyn, enseñando en el City College de Nueva York y convirtiéndose en presidente del departamento de música de la Universidad Wesleyan. Su "trabajo diario" le permitió grabar constantemente música no comercial para Savoy (en 1972 grabó el último disco de jazz de ese sello), Dauntless y Muse. En todas las grabaciones de Bill Barron como líder aparece su hermano Kenny Barron (16 años menor que él) al piano.
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bill-barron-mn0000059950/biography

Tracks:
1 - Blast Off - 9:36
2 - Ode To An Earth Girl - 7:31
3 - Fox Hunt - 7:06
4 - Oriental Impressions - 6:22
5 - Back Lash - 5:45
6 - Nebulae - 6:17

Credits:
    Bass – Jimmy Garrison
    Cover – Lee Jack Morton
    Drums – Frankie Dunlop
    Engineer – Paul Cady
    Piano – Kenny Barron
    Supervised By, Liner Notes [Original] – Tom Wilson (2)
    Tenor Saxophone, Written-By – Bill Barron
    Trumpet – Ted Curson

Note:
Recorded on February 21, 1961 at Medallion Studios, Newark, NJ

Label:    Savoy Records – MG 12160
Released:    1961
Genre:    Jazz
Style:    Hard Bop, Post Bop
https://www.discogs.com/release/2938236-Bill-Barron-The-Tenor-Stylings-Of-Bill-Barron