Musician Dictionary

Barry Guy

British composer and jazz musician (born 1947) · composer and double bassist

DescriptionBritish composer and jazz musician (born 1947)
Source: Wikidata
Born1947-04-22
Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata
BirthplaceLondon London
Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata
AreaUnited Kingdom
Source: MusicBrainz
CountryGB
Source: MusicBrainz
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
Source: Wikidata
Occupationcomposer recording artist jazz musician musician double-bassist
Source: Wikidata
Instrumentsdouble bass
Source: Wikidata
Genresjazz
Source: Wikidata
Record labelsECM Records
Source: Wikidata
Member ofLondon Jazz Composers’ Orchestra Elsie Jo Tarfala Trio The Dowland Project Iskra 1903 Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic Ensemble Barry Guy New Orchestra Blue Shroud Band Louis Moholo/Evan Parker/Pule Pheto/Gibo Pheto/Barry Guy Quintet Parker / Guy / Lytton The Joel Futterman – ‘Kidd’ Jordan Quintet 2 X 3 = 5 Cecil Taylor Workshop Ensemble Liquid Quintet Ramón López Freedom Now Sextet Guy-Gustafsson-Strid Trio Aurora Trio Joëlle Léandre / Barry Guy Duo Deep Memory Trio Agustí Fernández / Barry Guy Duo Spontaneous Music Ensemble Bob Downes Open Music Iskra 1912 Howard Riley Trio The English Baroque Soloists The Academy Of Ancient Music London Classical Players Transatlantic Art Ensemble London Jazz Composers Orchestra Nu-Ensemblen Evan Parker / Barry Guy / Paul Lytton Lucas Niggli Big Zoom The Purcell Band The Academy Of Ancient Music Chamber Ensemble The Joel Futterman - Kidd Jordan Quintet The Richard Hickox Orchestra Fernandez / Guy / López Camerata Kilkenny Evan Parker / Barry Guy Tony Oxley's Celebration Orchestra Brigantin Agustí Fernández Ensemble Parker / Guy / Lytton Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic Ensemble Iskra 1903 London Jazz Composers Orchestra Barry Guy New Orchestra
Source: Discogs, MusicBrainz, Wikidata
AwardsRoyal Philharmonic Society Award (Chamber-Scale Composition)
Source: Wikidata

Also known as

B. Guy BG Barrie Guy Barry John Guy Guy

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Identifiers

mbid: 3f076b39-8267-4bf0-ac3e-e405d9feda21 · wikidata: Q718819 · isni: 0000000114763840 · discogs: 212300 · spotify: 69rl0XnJugACmgziVTx2zm · apple_music: 5545416

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