Jazz Articles

Bill Barron: Modern Windows Suite

by AAJ Staff
June 1, 2000

When Bill Barron recorded “Modern Windows Suite,” his first Savoy recording, he and Ted Curson both were fresh from the uncharted territory of working with Cecil Taylor. It shows.

“Modern Windows Suite,” the album of 1961 consisting of Barron’s extended and interconnected works, joins the other 1961 Barron album, “The Tenor Stylings Of Bill Barron,” to fill out the CD.

Both conjoined albums exhibit a creative composer and saxophonist interested in challenging conventional approaches to the music by insisting upon ...

Bill Barron: Modern Windows Suite

by AAJ Staff
May 1, 2000

When Bill Barron recorded “Modern Windows Suite," his first Savoy recording, he and Ted Curson both were fresh from the uncharted territory of working with Cecil Taylor. It shows in their free improvisations.

“Modern Windows Suite," the album of 1961 consisting of Barron's extended and interconnected works, joins the other 1961 Barron album, “The Tenor Stylings Of Bill Barron," to fill out the CD.

Both conjoined albums exhibit a creative composer and saxophonist interested in challenging conventional approaches to the ...

Bill Barron: Modern Windows Suite

by AAJ Staff
May 1, 2000

When Bill Barron recorded “Modern Windows Suite," his first Savoy recording, he and Ted Curson both were fresh from the uncharted waters of working with Cecil Taylor. It shows. “Modern Windows Suite," the album of 1961 consisting of Barron's extended and interconnected works, joins the other 1961 Barron album, “The Tenor Stylings Of Bill Barron," to fill out the CD. Both conjoined albums exhibit a creative composer and saxophonist interested in challenging conventional approaches to the music by insisting upon ...