Barney Wilen

• ALL TRACKS PREVIOUSLY UNISSUED

• 180 GRAM VIRGIN VINYL

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

INCLUDES SPECIAL ANNOTATIONS BY BRUNO PFEIFFER, PATRICK WILEN, GILLES NATUREL & OLIVER HUTMAN

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. Wilen toured in Japan for the first time in 1990 and returned the following year when this concert was taped. He died of cancer in Paris at the age of 59.

PERSONNEL:

• BARNEY WILEN, tenor & soprano sax
• OLIVIER HUTMAN, piano & electric piano
• GILLES NATUREL, bass
• PETER GRITZ, drums

Recorded live at the Keystone Korner, Tokyo, Japan, February 11, 1991.

TRACKS:

• A1. Introduction / Beautiful Love (14:26)
• A2. How Deep Is The Ocean? (12:11)

• B1. L'Ame Des Poêtes (13:04)
• B2. Old Folks (11:47)