BARRON, WILLIAM

BARRON, WILLIAM (BILL). Jazz saxophonist (27 March 1927 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). He began piano study when he was seven years old and studied tenor saxophone at his school when he was thirteen. He obtained his musical education in the public schools of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; at the Ornstein School of Music and Combs College of Music (B. A.), both in Philadelphia; and at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst (D. Ed.). During his service in the United States Armed Forces he played...