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Barbara Thompson

1944 - 2022

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Barbara Thompson is the 1,538th most popular musician (up from 1,681st in 2019), the 4,140th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,308th in 2019) and the 254th most popular British Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Barbara Thompson ranks 1,538 out of 3,175. Before her are Anahit Tsitsikian, Brad Whitford, Kenney Jones, Luther Allison, Mick Thomson, and Derek Sherinian. After her are Arturo Sandoval, Duane Eddy, Rabih Abou-Khalil, Steve Miller, David Hungate, and Ontronik Khachaturian.

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Among people born in 1944, Barbara Thompson ranks 531. Before her are Leonard Slatkin, Roger Dean, El Anatsui, Zhanna Bichevskaya, Matthew Cowles, and Ken Howard. After her are Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist, Buchi Emecheta, Gilbert Adair, Erhard Keller, Frank Rühle, and Jack Canfield. Among people deceased in 2022, Barbara Thompson ranks 429. Before her are Jan Nowicki, Manuel Duarte, Barbara Ehrenreich, Emilio Trivini, Orrin Hatch, and Yves Coppens. After her are Remco Campert, Jesús del Muro, F. Sionil José, Dieter Henrich, Wilko Johnson, and John H. Coates.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Barbara Thompson ranks 4,141 out of 8,785. Before her are Kenney Jones (1948), Thomas Wedgwood (1771), Jenny Clack (1947), Joe Cole (1988), Tony Barton (1937), and Gillian Rubinstein (1942). After her are Jon Amiel (1948), Janet Montgomery (1985), Robert W. Paul (1869), Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife (1849), Lennie James (1965), and Alison Moyet (1961).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Barbara Thompson ranks 254. Before her are Andy Taylor (1961), Bert Jansch (1943), Jay Kay (1969), Flood (1960), Paul Kossoff (1950), and Kenney Jones (1948). After her are Joe Jackson (1954), Wilko Johnson (1947), Roy Wood (1946), Henry Litolff (1818), Steve Hogarth (1956), and Pete Doherty (1979).

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