- Gary Windo
Gary Windo (November 7, 1941 in
Brighton – July 25, 1992 inNew York City ) was a jazz tenor saxophonist.He came from a musical family in England and by age six took up drums and accordion, then guitar at 12, and finally saxophone at 17. He lived in the
United States in the 1960s, but returned to England in 1969. In the early 1970s his career grew as he founded his own group, the Gary Windo Quartet, and worked withBrotherhood of Breath , Centipede,Matching Mole , The Running Man,Carla Bley and Nick Mason.He also did work outside with groups like
Psychedelic Furs andRobert Wyatt . In addition to this he did incidental music forSaturday Night Live and also taught.Although he was a blower, he suffered from asthma. He died in 1992 and since then compilation albums of his work continue to appear with a recent example being "Anglo-American."
External links
* [http://calyx.club.fr/mus/windo_gary.html Biography at Calyx club]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Gary+Windo Discography]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/jazz/reviews/windo_anglo.shtml BBC]
* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3924378 NPR]
* [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=15670 All About Jazz]
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