Real name: John R. Barrows.

Effective period / Period of releases: 1952 - 1972

American jazz (and classical) French hornist, composer and teacher.
Born : February 12, 1913 in Glendale, California.
Died : January 11, 1974 in Madison, Wisconsin.

John played with : “Minneapolis Symphony” (1938), “New York City Opera” (1946-’49), “New York City Ballet” (1952-’55), “Casals Festival Orchestra” (1958-’61), and with such artists as Woody Herman, Miles
Davis and Billie Holiday.
Barrows taught at Yale (1957-’61), New York University (1958-’61),
and at the University of Wisconsin (at Madison) from 1961 to 1974.