Barbara Thompson MBE (born Barbara Gracey in Oxford on 27 July 1944; died 9 July 2022) was an English jazz saxophonist, flautist and composer. She also recorded as
Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia, as
Barbara Thompson Quartet, and as
Barbara Thompson & The Medici Quartet. In addition, she recorded with
United Jazz & Rock Ensemble,
Colosseum,
Keef Hartley Band, and
Manfred Mann's Earth Band. . Thompson studied clarinet, flute, piano and classical composition at the Royal College of Music, but the music of Duke Ellington and John Coltrane made her shift her interes…
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