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‘Round about the same time as many versions of Monk’s classic composition ‘Round About Midnight were being recorded, in 1957, the wildly eccentric singer Screamin’ Jay Hawkins recorded I Put a Spell on You. A while back I recall coming across a … Continue reading
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Selection: ‘Round about Midnight. (T. Monk) Artists Miles Davis (t) Barney Wilen (ts) Rene Urtreger (p) Pierre Michelot (b) Kenny Clarke (d) recorded live at “Concertgebouw”, Amsterdam, Holland, December 8, 1957 Russia launches Sputnik I, first earth-orbiting satellite: the Space Race commences; Gov. Orval … Continue reading
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Track Selection 1: Swing 39 (Reinhardt) Selection 2: Nuages (Reinhardt) Artists Barney Wilen (ts), Milt Jackson (p) , Percy Heath (b) , Kenny Clarke (d) recorded Feb.13-14, 1958 Paris Barney Wilen remains a cult figure – in France. His records are … Continue reading
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Track Selection: Harlem Nocturne (E. Hagen arr. B. Wilen) Artists Barney Wilen (ts) Ricardo Del Fra (b) Sangoma Everett (d) Alain Jean-Marie (p) Philippe Petit (g) Recorded November 30, December 1-3, 1986, digitally mixed by Hervé Le Guil; Cover design: comic book artist … Continue reading
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Track Selection 1: Bags Groove Track Selection 2: Afternoon in Paris Artists Barney Wilen (ts) John Lewis (p) Sacha Distel (g) Percy Heath (b) Kenny Clarke (d) recorded in Paris, France, December 4 and 7, 1956 Music Yes that Sacha Distel - … Continue reading
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Rules are made for breaking, sometimes. For a change I thought I would open up a post dedicated to the evil silver disk, the only way to enjoy some of the greatest jazz ever recorded, that would otherwise fall between the … Continue reading
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Track Selection: Gemeaux, and Taurea (Gemini and Taurus) Artists Barney Wilen (ts) Carl Heinz Berger (vib,p) Jean-Francois Jenny Clarke (b) Jaques Thallot (d) recorded at Studios Vogue, 54 Rue d’Hauteville, Paris, 1966 Music: Barney Wilen, not long graduated from Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers and … Continue reading
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The early Sixties saw a marriage between the French cinema and jazz. Every movie had to have a jazz soundtrack in order to sound contemporary – out with the lush strings of Hollywood Forties and Fifties, in with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers. … Continue reading
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Track Selection: Barney Wilen “Port of Spain Shuffle” (Trad arr. B.Wilen) from “Wild Dogs of the Ruwenzori” (1988) Tenor and soprano saxophonist born in Nice, France in 1937, Wilen first came to prominence at the age of only twenty, when chosen by Miles … Continue reading
