Barney Wilen

• ALL TRACKS PREVIOUSLY UNISSUED

• 180 GRAM VIRGIN VINYL

• GATEFOLD COVER

• AWARDED CHOC JAZZ MAGAZINE JUL/AUG 2020

A NEVER BEFORE HEARD DUO PERFORMANCE BY THE GREAT FRENCH SAXOPHONIST IN PRESTINE SOUND QUALITY

INCLUDES SPECIAL ANNOTATIONS BY FAMED JAZZ WRITERS PASCAL ANQUETIL (JAZZ MAGAZINE) & BRIAN MORTON (PENGUIN GUIDE TO JAZZ)

Born in Nice, Barney Wilen’s (1937-1996) career was boosted in 1957 when he worked with Miles Davis on the soundtrack "Ascenseur pour l’échafaud". In 1959, Wilen wrote his two soundtracks "Un témoin dans la ville" and "Jazz sur scène" with Kenny Clarke. He also wrote a soundtrack for Roger Vadim’s film "Les liaisons dangereuses" two years later, working with Thelonious Monk. He died of cancer in Paris at the age of 59.

PERSONNEL:

• BARNEY WILEN, tenor & soprano sax
• ALAIN JEAN-MARIE, piano

Recorded live at the Festival International de Montréal, Church of the Gesù, Montreal, Canada, July 4, 1993.

TRACKS:

• A1. SKATING IN CENTRAL PARK (10:39)
• A2. ‘ROUND MIDNIGHT (10:06)
• A3. I’M A FOOL TO WANT YOU (8:49)

• B1. MEDLEY: REPETITION/NO PROBLEM (12:03)
• B2. MY FUNNY VALENTINE (Dedicated to Chet Baker) [8:55]
• B3. BÉSAME MUCHO (8:56)