Bootsie Barnes

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Robert "Bootsie" Barnes (born November 27, 1937 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , † April 22, 2020 in Wynnewood , Pennsylvania) was an American jazz saxophonist .

Live and act

Barnes grew up in a family of musicians: his father was a trumpeter in Bill Doggett's big band, his cousin was a saxophonist and clarinetist in Duke Ellington's band for twenty-six years . Barnes had piano lessons at the age of six, switched to drums at the age of ten and to saxophone at the Graterford School, where he studied jazz from the age of sixteen. There were u. a. Lex Humphries , Bill Cosby , Al "Tootie" Heath , Spanky DeBrest and Lee Morgan were his classmates. An important teacher at this time was the artist-in-residence Freddy Lacey .

He then performed in all of Philadelphia's major jazz clubs and was Assistant Secretary of Jimmy Adams' Local 274 American Federation of Musicians (later Clef Club of the Performing Arts ) from 1971 to 1974 . He worked u. a. with Shirley Scott , Jimmy Smith , Don Patterson , Jimmy McGriff , Jack McDuff , Charles Earland , Trudy Pitts , Poppa John and Joey DeFrancesco , Philly Joe Jones and Al Gray .

In the late 1980s he toured with Bill Cosby and was a guest on the Bill Cosby Show ; In 2001 he performed with Cosby at the Playboy Jazz Festival and the Newport Jazz Festival . He toured the USA, Canada and Europe. a. honored with the Marjorie Dockery Volunteer Award and the Greater Jamaica Development Corporation Award and recorded four albums as a band leader with his own quartet and quintet.

Barnes died at the age of 82 in Lankenau Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States of complications from a SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Discographic notes

  • Been Here All Along (1984)
  • Hello (2003)
  • You Leave Me Breathless (2001)
  • Boppin 'Round the Center , (2003)
  • Bootsie Barnes & Larry McKenna : The More I See You , Cellar Live, 2018

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Shaun Brady: Two Philly jazz masters celebrate their 80th birthdays (and their best friendship). Philadelpia Inquirer, September 12, 2017, accessed April 23, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Obituary. Philadelphia Tribune, April 22, 2020, accessed April 23, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Remembering Philly Sax Legend Bootsie Barnes: "The Man With The Tenor Touch" Has Passed At Age 82 (WRTI)
personal data
SURNAME Barnes, bootsie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Barnes, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician (saxophone)
DATE OF BIRTH November 27, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , United States
DATE OF DEATH April 22, 2020
Place of death Wynnewood , Pennsylvania