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Joey Baron

Bernard Joseph Baron (born June 26, 1955 in Richmond, Virginia) is an American drummer best-known for working in avant-garde jazz with Bill Frisell and John Zorn.

Music career

Baron, who is of Jewish heritage, was born on June 26, 1955, in Richmond, Virginia. When he was nine, he taught himself how to play the drums. As a teenager, he played in rock bands and dixieland jazz groups and was given his first gig opportunity at the age of 13 when pianist BJ Doyle's regular drummer took ill and she knew he was a keeper after just minutes. After high school, he spent a year at the Berklee College of Music. He moved to Los Angeles in the early 1970s and embarked on a professional career, playing with Carmen McRae and Al Jarreau. He worked as a freelance drummer and session musician with Chet Baker, Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, and Hampton Hawes.

In 1982 he moved to New York City and joined guitarist Bill Frisell, with whom he would play often throughout his career. He also played in groups with Red Rodney, Fred Hersch, Enrico Pieranunzi, and Marc Johnson. Starting in the late 1980s, he became a bigger part of the avant-garde jazz scene when he played regularly at the Knitting Factory, recorded with singer Laurie Anderson, and began a long association with John Zorn. For several years he participated in Zorn's projects Naked City and Masada.

Baron contributed to David Bowie's Outside (1995). Bowie would later praise Baron, stating: "Metronomes shake in fear, he's so steady."

Discography

As leader/co-leader

As sideman

With John Abercrombie

With the Toshiko Akiyoshi

With Laurie Anderson

With Tim Berne

With David Bowie

With Jakob Bro

  • Streams (ECM, 2016)

With Uri Caine

With James Carter

With Anthony Coleman

With Dave Douglas

With Eliane Elias

  • ' (Bluenote, 2007)

With Mark Feldman

With Bill Frisell

With Fred Frith

With Richard Galliano

With Jim Hall

  • These Rooms (Denon, 1988)
  • Hemispheres (ArtistShare, 2008) with Bill Frisell
  • Conversations (ArtistShare, 2009)

With Fred Hersch

With Haino Keiji

  • An Unclear Trial: More Than This (Avant, 1998)

With Marc Johnson

With Lee Konitz

With Steve Kuhn

With Joe Lovano

With Pat Martino

With Carmen McRae

With Mark Murphy

With Gary Peacock

With Enrico Pieranunzi

  • New Lands (Timeless, 1984)
  • Deep Down (Soul Note, 1986)
  • Play Morricone (CAM Jazz, 2001)
  • Current Conditions (CAM Jazz, 2003)
  • Play Morricone 2 (CAM Jazz, 2003)
  • Ballads (CAM Jazz, 2006)
  • Live in Japan (CAM Jazz, 2007)
  • As Never Before (CAM Jazz, 2008)

With Hank Roberts

With Herb Robertson

With John Scofield

With Julian Siegel

  • Live at the Vortex (Basho Records, 2008)

With John Taylor

  • Rosslyn (ECM, 2003)

With Toots Thielemans

  • Only Trust Your Heart (Concord, 1988)
  • Do Not Leave Me (Stash, 1989)

With Roseanna Vitro

  • ' (Sea Breeze, 1999; recorded 1986)

With John Zorn

Filmography

  • Step Across the Border (RecRec, 1990) with Fred Frith
  • Masada Live at Tonic 1999 (Tzadik, 2004) with Masada
  • ' (Tzadik, 2004) with Masada
  • Bill Frisell: A Portrait (Emma Franz Films, 2017)

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