Gary Windo

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title: "Gary Windo" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1941-births", "1992-deaths", "english-jazz-tenor-saxophonists", "british-male-saxophonists", "musicians-from-brighton", "matching-mole-members", "centipede-(band)-members", "20th-century-british-saxophonists", "20th-century-british-male-musicians", "british-male-jazz-musicians"] topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Windo" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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FieldValue
nameGary Windo
backgroundnon_vocal_instrumentalist
birth_date
birth_placeBrighton, England
death_date
death_placeNew York City
genreJazz, jazz fusion, avant-garde jazz
occupationMusician
instrumentSaxophone
years_active1960s–1992
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| name = Gary Windo | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_date = | birth_place = Brighton, England | death_date = | death_place = New York City | genre = Jazz, jazz fusion, avant-garde jazz | occupation = Musician | instrument = Saxophone | years_active = 1960s–1992 Gary Windo (7 November 1941 in Brighton, England – 25 July 1992 in New York City) 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 (Europa, 1982)
  • Deep Water (Antilles, 1988)
  • His Master's Bones (Cuneiform, 1996)
  • Anglo American (Cuneiform, 2004)
  • Avant Gardeners (Reel, 2007)
  • Steam Radio Tapes (Gonzo, 2013)

As sideman

With Hugh Hopper

  • 1984 (CBS, 1973)
  • Hopper Tunity Box (Compendium, 1977)
  • A Remark Hugh Made (Shimmy Disc, 1994)

With Chris McGregor

With NRBQ

  • Grooves in Orbit (Bearsville, 1983)
  • Lou and the Q (Rounder, 1985)
  • Honest Dollar (Rykodisc, 1992)
  • Message for the Mess Age (Forward, 1994)

With Robert Wyatt

  • Rock Bottom (Virgin, 1974)
  • Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard (Virgin, 1975)
  • Theatre Royal Drury Lane 8th September 1974 (Hannibal, 1981)
  • Flotsam Jetsam (Rough Trade, 1994)
  • His Greatest Misses (Domino, 2004)
  • Different Every Time (Domino, 2014)

With others

References

References

  1. "Gary Windo".
  2. Marsh, Peter. "BBC - Music - Review of Gary Windo - Anglo-American".
  3. "Saxophonist and Robert Wyatt collaborator Gary Windo biography published - The Wire".

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