Dave Bargeron

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Dave Bargeron
Born(1942-09-06)September 6, 1942
Athol, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedJanuary 18, 2025(2025-01-18) (aged 82) [1]
Genres Jazz, jazz rock
Instruments Trombone, tuba

David W. Bargeron (born September 6, 1942) [2] is an American trombonist and tuba player who was a member of the jazz-rock group Blood, Sweat & Tears.

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Career

Bargeron was lead trombonist with Clark Terry's Big Band and played bass trombone and tuba with Doc Severinsen's Band between 1968 and 1970. He joined Blood, Sweat, and Tears in 1970 after Jerry Hyman departed and first appeared on the album
B, S & T; 4 . With this group, he recorded the jazz-rock solo on the tuba in "And When I Die/One Room Country Shack" on the album Live and Improvised . His recording credits with BS&T include eleven albums. A break in their schedule allowed him to join the Gil Evans Orchestra in 1972.

Bargeron became a freelance musician after leaving Blood, Sweat & Tears. He recorded with Billy Joel, Paul Simon, Mick Jagger, James Taylor, Eric Clapton, David Sanborn, Carla Bley, and Pat Metheny. He performed with the George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band from Switzerland, the George Russell Living Time Orchestra, and was a long-time member of Jaco Pastorius's Word of Mouth Band. He recorded and toured with Tuba Tuba, a jazz tuba band which includes Michel Godard, Luciano Biondini, and Kenwood Dennard. He was a member of Howard Johnson's Gravity, a six-tuba group that has been together since 1968. Bargeron released several albums as a soloist and in collaboration.

Discography

As leader

As sideman

With Blood, Sweat & Tears

With Gil Evans

With George Gruntz

With Howard Johnson

With Bob Mintzer

With Jaco Pastorius

With Steve Tyrell

With others

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References

  1. https://memorialdesk.com/dave-bargeron-athol-ma-death-obituary-american-trombonist-and-tuba-player-died-at-82/
  2. Feather, Leonard; Gitler, Ira (18 November 1999). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press. pp. 149–. ISBN   978-0-19-972907-4 . Retrieved 18 March 2020.