George Barrow (musician)

George Barrow (September 25, 1921 – March 20, 2013 ) was an American jazz saxophonist who played both tenor and baritone.

Career
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.

As leader

 * The Amram-Barrow Quartet – with David Amram

As sideman
With Kenny Clarke and Ernie Wilkins With Charles Mingus
 * Kenny Clarke & Ernie Wilkins (Savoy, 1955)
 * 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 With Jimmy Owens
 * Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death (A&M, 1971)
 * Headin' Home (A&M/Horizon, 1978)