Dan Barrett (born December 14, 1955, in

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) is an American

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, cornetist, and trombonist. The earliest mention of Dan Barrett was in the ''

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'', 10 February 1973, which reported that he played " Ory's Creole Trombone" at the end of

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's Funeral on 28 January that year. He also played with Teddy Buckner, Andy Blakeney, and Alton Redd, all members of Ory's band, during the funeral proceedings. Barrett played

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on the soundtrack to the film, ''The Cotton Club'', in 1984. In addition to leading a quintet with

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, Barrett has performed as a sideman with

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and

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. Barrett is the musical director for Arbors Records in

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Discography

As leader

* ''Strictly Instrumental'' (Concord Jazz, 1987) * ''Let's Be Buddies'' with George Masso (Arbors, 1994) * ''Reunion with Al'' (Arbors, 1995) * ''Two Sleepy People'' with John Sheridan (Arbors, 1996) * ''In Australia'' with Tom Baker (Arbors, 1997) * ''Moon Song'' with Rebecca Kilgore (Arbors, 1998) * ''Being a Bear: Jazz for the Whole Family'' with Rebecca Kilgore (Arbors, 2000) * ''Dan Barrett's International Swing Party'' (Nagel-Heyer, 2000) * ''Blue Swing'' (Arbors, 2000) * ''Melody in Swing'' (Arbors, 2000) With

* ''Swing Street'' (Concord Jazz, 1988) * ''The ABQ Salutes Buck Clayton'' (Concord Jazz, 1989) * ''Swing That Music'' (Telarc, 1993) * ''Live in '95'' (Arbors, 2004) With BED * ''Get Ready for BED!'' (Blue Swing, 2006) * ''Watch Out!'' (Blue Swing, 2006)

As sideman

With Leon Redbone * ''Red to Blue'' (August 1985) * ''Sugar'' (Private Music, 1990) * ''Any Time'' (Blue Thumb 2001) With Randy Sandke * ''Stampede'' (Jazzology, 1992) * ''The Bix Beiderbecke Era'' (Nagel-Heyer, 1993) * ''New York Allstars Play Jazz Favorites'' (Nagel-Heyer, 1993) * ''Count Basie Remembered Volume One'' (Nagel-Heyer, 1997) * ''Count Basie Remembered Volume Two'' (Nagel-Heyer, 1997) * ''The Re-discovered Louis and Bix'' (Nagel-Heyer, 2000) * ''Randy Sandke Meets Bix Beiderbecke'' (Nagel-Heyer, 2002) With others *

Joe Bushkin Joseph "Joe" Bushkin (November 7, 1916 – November 3, 2004) was an American jazz pianist. Life and career Born in New York City, Bushkin began his career by playing trumpet and piano with New York City dance bands, including Frank LaMare ...

, ''Play It Again, Joe'' (United Artists, 1977) * Graeme Bell, ''Graeme Bell in Holland with the Graeme Bell All Stars'' (Sea Horse, 1982) * John Barry, ''The Cotton Club'' (Geffen, 1984) * Butch Miles, ''More Miles... More Standards'' (Famous Door, 1985) *

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, ''Rosemary Clooney Sings the Lyrics of Johnny Mercer'' (Concord Jazz, 1987) *

Marty Grosz Martin Oliver Grosz (born February 28, 1930) is a German-born American jazz guitarist, banjoist, vocalist, and composer born in Berlin, Germany, the son of artist George Grosz. He performed with Bob Wilber and wrote arrangements for him. He has a ...

, ''Sings of Love and Other Matters'' (Statiras, 1987) * Warren Vaché Jr., ''Easy Going'' (Concord Jazz, 1987) * Peter Ecklund, ''Peter Ecklund and the Melody Makers'' (Stomp Off, 1988) *

, ''A Swingin' Dream'' (Stash, 1989) * Marty Grosz, ''Unsaturated Fats'' (Stomp Off, 1990) * Terry Waldo, ''Footlight Varieties'' (Stomp Off, 1990) * Jim Cullum Jr., ''New Year's All Star Jam'' (Pacific Vista, 1993) * Kenny Davern, ''East Side, West Side'' (Arbors, 1994) *

Keith Ingham Keith Christopher Ingham (born 5 February 1942) is an English jazz pianist, mainly active in swing and Dixieland revival. Early life and education Ingham was born in London on 5 February 1942. His father played the organ in churches. Ingham was ...

, Marty Grosz ''Just Imagine'' (Stomp Off, 1994) * Scott Robinson, ''Thinking Big'' (Arbors, 1997) * John Sheridan, ''Something Tells Me'' (Arbors, 1997) * Bob Wilber, ''Bufadora Blow-up'' (Arbors, 1997) * Bob Wilber, ''Everywhere You Go There's Jazz'' (Arbors, 1999) *

Bobby Short Robert Waltrip Short (September 15, 1924 – March 21, 2005) was an American cabaret singer and pianist who interpreted songs by popular composers from the first half of the 20th century such as Rodgers and Hart, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Harold ...

, ''How's Your Romance?'' (Telarc, 1999) * Ed Polcer, ''Let's Hit It'' (BlewZ Manor 2003) * Rebecca Kilgore, ''Jump Presents the Music of Jimmy Van Heusen'' (Jump, 2005) * Trevor Richards, ''Legends of the Swing Era'' (Edition 5)

References

External links

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Official Website
Living people 1955 births Musicians from Pasadena, California American jazz trombonists American male trombonists American jazz cornetists American music arrangers Jazz musicians from California 21st-century American trombonists 21st-century American male musicians American male jazz musicians Widespread Depression Jazz Orchestra members Arbors Records artists Nagel-Heyer Records artists Concord Records artists {{US-jazz-trombonist-stub