{{Short description|English jazz drummer (1941–2023)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} [[Image:EagleBandBarryMartynMicrophoneGlassesCrop.jpg|right|thumb|Martyn at the [[New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival]]]] '''Barry Martyn''' (born '''Barry Martyn Godfrey'''; 23 February 1941 – 17 July 2023) was an English [[jazz]] drummer, active principally on the [[Dixieland|New Orleans jazz]] revival circuit.
==Biography== Barry Martyn Godfrey was born on 23 February 1941.<ref name="LarkinJazz">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-580-8|page=278}}</ref> He began on drums in 1955 and was leading his first band the following year.<ref name="LarkinJazz"/> His first recordings were made in 1959. His first visit to [[New Orleans]] was in 1961, where he studied under [[Cie Frazier]],<ref name="LarkinJazz"/> and founded Mono Records. He toured Europe with many famed New Orleans jazz personnel, including [[George Lewis (clarinetist)|George Lewis]], [[Albert Nicholas]], [[Louis Nelson (trombonist)|Louis Nelson]], [[Captain John Handy]], and [[Percy Humphrey]].<ref name="LarkinJazz"/> He moved to [[Los Angeles]] in 1972, and founded the Legends of Jazz, an ensemble which made several worldwide tours and recorded extensively.<ref name="LarkinJazz"/> He returned to New Orleans in 1984, where he did work with [[George Buck]], reissuing much of the [[Circle Records]] back catalogue. He played with [[Barney Bigard]] in 1976, and recorded many dates as a leader.<ref name="LarkinJazz"/> Martyn died on 17 July 2023, at the age of 82.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cole |first1=Thomas |title=Barry Martyn (1941–2023) |url=https://www.offbeat.com/articles/barry-martyn-1941-2023/ |access-date=6 August 2023 |publisher=OffBeat Magazine |date=25 July 2023}}</ref>
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==Bibliography== *''Walking with Legends: Barry Martyn's New Orleans Jazz Odyssey''. Edited by Mick Burns. Louisiana State University Press. 2007. {{ISBN|978-0-8071-3276-0}}.
==External links== *[[Scott Yanow]], [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p102467/biography|pure_url=yes}} Barry Martyn] at [[AllMusic]] *[http://hnoc.minisisinc.com/thnoc/catalog/3/31077 Barry Martyn papers] at [https://www.hnoc.org/ The Historic New Orleans Collection]
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