Barry Galbraith

Barry Galbraith
Barry Galbraith (left) in the Columbia Picture studios, ca. September 1947. Photograph by William P. Gottlieb.
Background information
Born	(1919-12-18)December 18, 1919 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Died	January 13, 1983(1983-01-13) (aged 63) Bennington, Vermont, United States
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Guitarist

Joseph Barry Galbraith (December 18, 1919, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - January 13, 1983, Bennington, Vermont) was an American jazz guitarist.

Galbraith moved to New York City from Vermont in the early 1940s and found work playing with Babe Russin, Art Tatum, Red Norvo, Hal McIntyre, and Teddy Powell. He played with Claude Thornhill in 1941-42 and again in 1946-49 after serving in the Army. He did a tour with Stan Kenton in 1953.

Galbraith did extensive work as a studio musician for NBC and CBS in the 1950s and 1960s; among those he played with were Miles Davis, Michel Legrand, Tal Farlow, Coleman Hawkins, John Lewis, Hal McKusick, Oscar Peterson, Max Roach, George Russell, John Carisi, and Tony Scott. He also accompanied the singers Anita O'Day, Chris Connor, Billie Holiday, Helen Merrill, Sarah Vaughan and Dinah Washington on record. He was a mentor to Ralph Patt.