Eddie Barefield

Eddie Barefield (* as Edward Emanuel Barefield on 12 December 1909 in Scandia, Iowa; † on 4 January 1991 in New York City ) was an American jazz alto saxophonist -, clarinetist and arranger of the Swing.

Eddie Barefield began playing the piano at age ten, with 13 he switched to alto saxophone. At the beginning of his professional career, he worked in 1926 with Edgar Pillows and 1927 with West Virginia Ravens. In 1930, he studied clarinet at the Conservatory in Chicago, in 1931 he played with Teddy Wilson and Art Tatum, Bennie Moten in 1932 ( in which he also arranged by Eddie Durham ) and the McKinney 's Cotton Pickers. From 1933 to 1936 he was a member of Cab Calloway's band, with whom he visited Europe in 1936. In 1937 he played with Les Hite in 1938 with Fletcher Henderson and Don Redman, in 1939 in Calloway and Ella Fitzgerald. In 1940 he had his own formation and also worked with Coleman Hawkins. In 1941, he was with Benny Carter and 1942 at Duke Ellington. From 1942 to 1946 he was employed by various radio stations. In 1947 he returned to Ellington in 1948 and worked for him as an arranger. In the same year he conducted on Broadway, the music for the play A Streetcar Named Desire. In 1950 he was engaged in Sy Oliver's Orchestra as well as Fletcher Henderson, then to 1958, mainly with Cab Calloway. With this, he toured in 1951 and 1958 in South America. In 1958 he visited Europe with Sammy Price. In 1959, he worked as a conductor of the Jazz Train show. Eddie Barefield was out in the aforementioned musicians also on recordings by Lionel Hampton ( Drum Stop; 1937) involved, Roy Eldridge 1956, Bernie Young, Ben Webster.