Eddie Barbash
{{short description|American saxophonist|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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Eddie Barbash is an American saxophonist known for his work as a core member of Jon Batiste and Stay Human,{{cite magazine|url=http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/getting-ready-to-jam-with-colbert|title=Getting Ready to Jam with Colbert|author=Andrea DenHoed|date=8 July 2015|magazine=The New Yorker}} and was part of the house band for Late Show with Stephen Colbert through 2016.{{Cite web|title = Jazz Alum Eddie Barbash to Join 'Colbert' House Band|url = http://blogs.newschool.edu/news/2015/06/jazz-alum-eddie-barbash-to-join-colbert-house-band/#.ViI20tKrS70|website = The New School News|accessdate = 2015-10-17|language = en|archive-date = 2015-11-19|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151119065152/http://blogs.newschool.edu/news/2015/06/jazz-alum-eddie-barbash-to-join-colbert-house-band/#.ViI20tKrS70|url-status = dead}}
Early life
Barbash was born in West Islip, New York, but spent his first years living in Oaxaca, Mexico. His family moved to Atlanta, Georgia when he was two years old. At eight years old he began playing saxophone in his elementary school band. Barbash studied at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in high school. During college, he attended Juilliard{{cite web|title=Juilliard Journal|url=http://www.juilliard.edu/journal/1411/discoveries/3-releases-jazz-grads}} and The New School.{{cite web|title=New School|url=http://www.newschool.edu/eventdetail.aspx?id=80128}} In 2008 he began playing with Chico Hamilton and Jon Batiste.
Musical career
In 2009, he formed The Amigos, an Americana band based in New York City. He left The Amigos in 2013 to tour with Stay Human.{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/event/music/361923160/jon-batiste-leads-a-private-street-parade-atop-a-fort|title=Jon Batiste Leads A Private Street Parade Atop A Fort|date=6 November 2014|work=NPR.org}} He has performed with jazz greats Wynton Marsalis and Christian McBride, country stars Jim Lauderdale, Vince Gill and Ranger Doug, drummers Questlove and Chad Smith, composer David Amram, cabaret diva Nellie McKay, funk band Vulfpeck and many others.{{cite web|url=http://eddiebarbash.com/about/ |website=Eddie Barbash |title=Eddie Barbash Website |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150812231826/http://eddiebarbash.com/about/ |archivedate=2015-08-12 }} In 2015 Stay Human was announced as the house band for Late Show with Stephen Colbert.{{cite news| url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/jon-batiste-brings-music-to-late-show-and-streets-of-nyc-1434740563 | work=The Wall Street Journal | first=Larry | last=Blumenfeld | title=Jon Batiste Brings Music to 'Late Show' and Streets of NYC | date=19 June 2015}}
Discography
With Chico Hamilton
- Twelve Tones of Love (2009)
With The Amigos{{cite web|url=http://www.theamigosband.com/music/|website=The Amigos|title=The Amigos}}
- The Tres Amigos (2012){{cite web|url=https://theamigosband.bandcamp.com/album/the-tres-amigos|website=The Amigos Band -- Bandcamp|title=The Amigos Band -- Bandcamp}}
- Diner In The Sky (2013)
With Jon Batiste
- In the Night (2008)
- MY NY (2011)
- Social Music (2013)
- The Late Show EP (2016)
With Sam Evian
- Premium (2016){{cite web|url=http://saddle-creek.com/samevian/|website=Saddle Creek|title=Sam Evian}}
With Vulfpeck
- Eddie Buzzsaw (2017){{cite web|url=https://liveforlivemusic.com/news/vulfpeck-eddie-buzzsaw/|website=LiveForLuveMusic|title=Vulfpeck Releases "Eddie Buzzsaw" Featuring Saxophonist Eddie Barbash|date=2017-12-07}}
- Vulf Vault 005: Wong's Cafe (2022)
With Sam Reider
- Too Hot To Sleep (2018){{cite web|url=https://samreider.bandcamp.com/album/too-hot-to-sleep|website=BandCamp|title=Too Hot to Sleep, by Sam Reider}}
With Cory Wong
- Cory and the Wongnotes (2021){{cite web|url=https://corywong.bandcamp.com/album/cory-and-the-wongnotes|website=BandCamp|title=Cory and the Wongnotes, by Cory Wong}}
- Wongs Cafe (2022){{cite web|url=https://www.guitarworld.com/news/vulfpeck-vulf-vault-5-wong-cafe|website=Guitar World|title=Vulfpeck announce new album, Vulf Vault 005: Wong's Cafe, debut slinky lead single, Smokeshow}}
- Power Station (2022){{cite web|url=https://corywong.bandcamp.com/album/power-station-deluxe-edition|website=BandCamp|title=Power Station, by Cory Wong}}
References
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Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Musicians from New York (state)
Category:Musicians from Atlanta