Barry Galbraith

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, 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.

In 1961 he appeared in the film After Hours. In 1963-64 he played on Gil Evans's album The Individualism of Gil Evans, and in 1965 he appeared on the Stan Getz/Eddie Sauter-led soundtrack to Mickey One. From 1970 to 1975 he taught at CUNY, and published a guitar method book in 1982. From 1976-77 Galbraith taught guitar at New England Conservatory in Boston.

As sideman
With Cannonball Adderley With John Benson Brooks With Clifford Brown With Gil Evans With Art Farmer With Curtis Fuller With Johnny Griffin With Johnny Hartman With Coleman Hawkins With Billy Holiday With John Lee Hooker With Milt Jackson '''With Steve Kuhn and Toshiko Akiyoshi With Mundell Lowe With Gary McFarland and Clark Terry With Helen Merrill With Mark Murphy With Oliver Nelson With Jackie Paris With Paul Quinichette With George Russell With Shirley Scott With Sonny Stitt With Gábor Szabó With Clark Terry and Chico O'Farrill With The Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Orchestra With Stanley Turrentine
 * Jump for Joy (EmArcy, 1958)
 * Alabama Concerto (Riverside, 1958)
 * Clifford Brown with Strings (EmArcy, 1955)
 * Into the Hot (Impulse!, 1961)
 * The Individualism of Gil Evans (Verve, 1964)
 * Last Night When We Were Young (ABC-Paramount, 1957)
 * Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra (Mercury, 1962)
 * Cabin in the Sky (Impulse!, 1962)
 * White Gardenia (Riverside, 1961)
 * The Voice That Is! (Impulse!, 1964)
 * The Hawk Flies High (1957)
 * Desafinado (Impulse!, 1962)
 * Lady in Satin (Columbia, 1958)
 * It Serves You Right to Suffer (Impulse!, 1966)
 * Ballads & Blues (Atlantic, 1956)
 * The Ballad Artistry of Milt Jackson (Atlantic, 1959)
 * Jazz 'n' Samba (Impulse!, 1964)
 * The Country and Western Sound of Jazz Pianos (Dauntless, 1963)
 * Satan in High Heels (soundtrack) (Charlie Parker, 1961)
 * Tijuana Jazz (Impulse!, 1965)
 * Helen Merrill with Strings (EmArcy, 1955)
 * Rah! (Riverside, 1961)
 * Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle (Impulse!, 1966)
 * The Song Is Paris (Impulse!, 1962)
 * Moods (EmArcy, 1954)
 * The Jazz Workshop (RCA Victor, 1957)
 * New York, N.Y. (Decca, 1959)
 * Jazz in the Space Age (Decca, 1960)
 * Everybody Loves a Lover (Impulse!, 1964)
 * ''Great Scott!! (Impulse!, 1964)
 * The Matadors Meet the Bull (Roulette, 1965)
 * Gypsy '66 (Impulse!, 1966)
 * Spanish Rice (Impulse!, 1966)
 * Central Park North'' (Solid State, 1969)
 * Always Something There (Blue Note, 1968)