The William "Bill" Barron (1927-1989) Collection 1970s-1988

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The William "Bill" Barron (1927-1989) Collection 1970s-1988

http://www2.scc.rutgers.edu/ead/ijs/barronf.html

The Bill Barron Collection contains a small but diverse amount of music and documents spanning the latter part of Barron's career, mainly from the 1970s until 1988. The collection contains catalogs, brochures, and programs from his years as a music educator as well copies of some of his compositions.

2 manuscript boxes,; 1 linear foot

eng,

Rutgers University Libraries. Institute of Jazz Studies

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SNAC Resource ID: 6630170

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Barron, Bill, 1927-1989

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Bill Barron, born William Barron Jr., was born March 27, 1927 in Philadelphia. He played tenor and soprano saxophone as well as being a gifted composer and teacher. He began playing the piano at age nine like his younger brother Kenny eventually would, but switched to saxophone. At age seventeen, Barron joined the Carolina Cotton Pickers, and soon went on toured the South in the early 1940s. After serving in the army for three years beginning in 1943, he enrolled in the ...