| From
New Haven CT, Barry Fleischer has been playing tenor & baritone
saxophones and flute professionally since the age of fourteen.
Studied music with private teachers, and attended Julius Hart School of
Music Summer Program and University of Bridgeport, Music Education
Program. While playing in the Duke Ellington Fellowship Orchestra
at Yale University, under the direction of Willie Ruff and Dwike
Mitchell, of the Mitchell Ruff duo, he was a featured solo artist with
such jazz notables as Dizzy Gillespie, Slam Stewart, Benny Carter, Clark
Terry, Earl Warren, Dick Katz, Oliver Jackson, Peck Morrison, Bo Diddley,
and the Mitchell Ruff duo. Barry Fleischer has been an active and
visible part of the Boston Music Scene since moving from New York
City in 1982. In the early 1990's, Barry was leader of his own
instrumental quartet, "Swing House."
Barry's music
has been described as an authentic jump blues style with all the
energy and drive reminiscent of the late 1940's and early 1950's
saxophonists. His unique and warm tone can be heard with many
popular Boston bands. He has recorded three albums on Rounder
Records with Michelle Willson. He is currently a member of Sweet Willie
D and the Continental Walk. |
