Gary Windo


Gary Windo was an English jazz tenor saxophonist.

Career

Windo came from a musical family in England. By the age of six, he had begun playing the drums and accordion, later adding guitar at twelve and saxophone at seventeen.He lived in the United States during the 1960s but returned to England in 1969. In the early 1970s, his career grew as he founded the Gary Windo Quartet and worked with Carla Bley, Brotherhood of Breath, Centipede, Matching Mole, The Running Man, and Nick Mason.
Sonny Stitt heard Windo play at the Berlin Jazz Festival and asked him to join the band, which he declined. He worked outside jazz, with the Psychedelic Furs, Robert Wyatt, NRBQ, and for the comedy television show Saturday Night Live. He taught music lessons with his friend Eric Peralli.
Windo could play many reed instruments, including soprano sax and bass clarinet. His time in America exposed him to all types of jazz. He died from an asthma attack in 1992. He is survived by his wife Siobhan Hunter.

Discography

As leader

Dogface Deep Water His Master's Bones Anglo American Avant Gardeners
  • ''Steam Radio Tapes''

As sideman

With Hugh Hopper1984 Hopper Tunity Box A Remark Hugh Made
With Chris McGregorBrotherhood Live at Willisau Travelling Somewhere Bremen to Bridgwater Eclipse at Dawn
With NRBQGrooves in Orbit Lou and the Q Honest Dollar Message for the Mess Age
With Robert WyattRock Bottom Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard Theatre Royal Drury Lane 8th September 1974 Flotsam Jetsam His Greatest Misses Different Every Time
With others