Joey Baron
American avant-garde jazz drummer
Joey Baron
Joey Baron performing in Munch, Oslo 2023Photo: Tore Sætre
Birth name Bernard Joseph Baron Born (1955-06-26 ) June 26, 1955 (age 69) Richmond, Virginia , U.S.Genres Jazz , avant-garde jazz Occupation(s) Musician Instrument Drums Years active 1975–present Labels JMT , Intuition, ECM , Tzadik , Elektra Nonesuch, CAM Jazz , DIW
Musical artist
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 .[ 1]
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.[ 1]
Baron contributed to David Bowie 's Outside (1995). Bowie would later praise Baron, stating: "Metronomes shake in fear, he's so steady."[ 2]
Discography
As leader/co-leader
Tongue in Groove (JMT , 1992)
RAIsedpleasuredot (New World , 1993)
Crackshot (Avant , 1995)
Down Home (Intuition, 1997)
We'll Soon Find Out (Intuition, 1999)
Killer Joey (Goo-Head, 2000)
Beyond (Auditorium, 2001)
Venice, Dal Vivo (D'Autres Cordes, 2010)
Just Listen (Relative Pitch , 2013)
Live! (Intakt, 2017) with Irène Schweizer
Now You Hear Me (Intakt, 2018) with Robyn Schulkowsky
As sideman
With John Abercrombie
With the Toshiko Akiyoshi
With Laurie Anderson
With Tim Berne
With David Bowie
With Jakob Bro
With Uri Caine
With James Carter
With Anthony Coleman
With Dave Douglas
With Mark Feldman
With Bill Frisell
With Fred Frith
With Richard Galliano
With Jim Hall
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
With Toots Thielemans
Only Trust Your Heart (Concord , 1988)
Do Not Leave Me (Stash , 1989)
With Roseanna Vitro
With John Zorn
The Big Gundown (Icon, 1985)
Spy vs Spy (Elektra/Musician, 1989)
Naked City (Elektra Nonesuch, 1989) with Naked City
Torture Garden (Shimmy Disc, 1990) with Naked City
Grand Guignol (Avant, 1992) with Naked City
Heretic (Avant, 1992) with Naked City
Leng Tch'e (Toy's Factory, 1992) with Naked City
Radio (Avant, 1993) with Naked City
Absinthe (Avant, 1993) with Naked City
Masada: Alef (DIW , 1994) with Masada
Masada: Beit (DIW, 1994) with Masada
Masada: Gimel (DIW, 1994) with Masada
Masada: Dalet (DIW, 1995) with Masada
Masada: Hei (DIW, 1995) with Masada
Masada: Vav (DIW, 1995) with Masada
Filmworks III: 1990–1995 (Toys Factory, 1996)
Masada: Zayin (DIW, 1996) with Masada
Masada: Het (DIW, 1997) with Masada
Masada: Tet (DIW, 1997) with Masada
Masada: Yod (DIW, 1997) with Masada
Filmworks IV: S&M + More (Tzadik, 1997)
New Traditions in East Asian Bar Bands (Tzadik, 1997)
The Circle Maker (Tzadik, 1997)
Black Box (Tzadik, 1997) with Naked City
Taboo & Exile (Tzadik, 1999)
Live in Jerusalem 1994 (Tzadik, 1999) with Masada
Live in Taipei 1995 (Tzadik, 1999) with Masada
Live in Middelheim 1999 (Tzadik, 1999) with Masada
Live in Sevilla 2000 (Tzadik, 2000)
The Gift (Tzadik, 2001)
Live at Tonic 2001 (Tzadik, 2001) with Masada
Naked City Live, Vol. 1: The Knitting Factory 1989 (Tzadik, 2002) with Naked City
First Live 1993 (Tzadik, 2002) with Masada
50th Birthday Celebration Volume 4 (Tzadik, 2004) with Electric Masada
50th Birthday Celebration Volume 7 (Tzadik, 2004) with Masada
Naked City: The Complete Studio Recordings (Tzadik, 2005) with Naked City
Electric Masada: At the Mountains of Madness (Tzadik, 2005) with Electric Masada
50th Birthday Celebration Volume 11 (Tzadik, 2005) with Bar Kokhba Sextet
Sanhedrin 1994–1997 (Tzadik, 2005) with Masada
Moonchild: Songs Without Words (Tzadik, 2005) with Moonchild Trio
Astronome (Tzadik, 2006) with Moonchild Trio
Six Litanies for Heliogabalus (Tzadik, 2007) with Moonchild Trio
The Crucible (Tzadik, 2008) with Moonchild Trio
Lucifer: Book of Angels Volume 10 (Tzadik, 2008) with Bar Kokhba Sextet
The Dreamers (Tzadik, 2008) with The Dreamers
Stolas: Book of Angels Volume 12 (Tzadik, 2009) with Masada Quintet
O'o (Tzadik, 2009) with The Dreamers
Ipsissimus (Tzadik, 2010) with Moonchild
Ipos: Book of Angels Volume 14 (Tzadik, 2010) with The Dreamers
Nova Express (Tzadik, 2011) with the Nova Quartet
At the Gates of Paradise (Tzadik, 2011)
A Dreamers Christmas (Tzadik, 2011) with The Dreamers
Templars: In Sacred Blood (Tzadik, 2012) with Moonchild
A Vision in Blakelight (Tzadik, 2012)
The Concealed (Tzadik, 2012)
Dreamachines (Tzadik, 2013) with the Nova Quartet
The Last Judgement (Tzadik, 2014) with Moonchild
On Leaves of Grass (Tzadik, 2014) with the Nova Quartet
Pellucidar: A Dreamers Fantabula (Tzadik, 2015) with The Dreamers
Andras: The Book Of Angels Volume 28 (Tzadik, 2016) with Nova Express Quintet
Filmography
Joey Baron in Aarhus, Denmark (2014)
References
External links
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
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