Barbara Thompson (musician)

Barbara Thompson
Thompson in 2010
Thompson in 2010
Background information
Birth nameBarbara Gracey Thompson
Born(1944-07-27)27 July 1944
Oxford, England
OriginFinchley, England
Died9 July 2022(2022-07-09) (aged 77)
Genres
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
Instruments
  • Saxophone
  • flute
Years active1964–2022
LabelsMCA, Mood, Intuition
Spouse
(m. 1967; died 2018)
Websitewww.temple-music.com

Barbara Gracey Thompson MBE (27 July 1944 – 9 July 2022) was an English jazz saxophonist, flautist and composer. She studied clarinet, flute, piano and classical composition at the Royal College of Music, but the music of Duke Ellington and John Coltrane made her shift her interests to jazz and saxophone. She was married to drummer Jon Hiseman of Colosseum from 1967 until his death in 2018.[1]

  1. ^ "Barbara Thompson biography". temple-music.com. Archived from the original on 20 February 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2011.