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| 1. | Swing 39
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| 2. | Vamp
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| 3. | Ménilmontant
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| 4. | John's Groove
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| 5. | B.B.B. (Bag's Barney Blues)
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| 6. | Swingin' Parisian Rhythm (Jazz Sur Seine)
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| 7. | J'Ai Ta Main
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| 8. | Nuages
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| 9. | La Route Enchantée
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| 10. | Que Reste-T-Il de Nos Amours?
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| 11. | Minor Swing
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| 12. | Epistrophy
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Jazz
Barney Wilen - Sax (Alto)
Kenny Clarke - Drums
Milt Jackson - Piano
Percy Heath - Double Bass
Alain Tercinet - Liner Notes
Tenor saxophonist Barney Wilen was not quite 21 years old at the time of this meeting with Milt Jackson, Percy Heath, and Kenny Clarke, three veterans of the Modern Jazz Quartet. But the young man is surprising mature and confident throughout the session, interpreting several of Django Reinhardt's compositions, along with a few by his French contemporaries and a pair of his own works. What's surprising about this session is the rare opportunity to hear Jackson exclusively as a pianist, as his playing is a bit more reserved than on vibes. The leader digs into his rhythm section's element with his original "B.B.B. (Bag's Barney Blues)," giving them a full chorus before making a convincing statement himself. The quartet's fluid arrangement of Thelonious Monk's "Epistrophy" swings. Percussionist Gana M'Bow is added for both "Swing 39" and "Minor Swing" to add an exotic touch. Wilen easily holds his own on his first major meeting on a record date with major American jazz stars. This excellent CD is part of Verve International's affordable midline Jazz in Paris reissue series.
---Ken Dryden, All Music Guide
Barney Wilen
Active Decades: '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s
Born: Mar 04, 1937 in Nice, France
Died: May 25, 1996 in Paris, France
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Bop, Hard Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Post-Bop
Barney Wilen's mother was French, his father a successful American dentist-turned-inventor. He grew up mostly on the French Riviera; the family left during World War II but returned upon its conclusion. According to Wilen himself, he was convinced to become a musician by his mother's friend, the poet Blaise Cendrars. As a teenager he started a youth jazz club in Nice, where he played often. He moved to Paris in the mid-'50s and worked with such American musicians as Bud Powell, Benny Golson, Miles Davis, and J.J. Johnson at the Club St. Germain. His emerging reputation received a boost in 1957 when he played with Davis on the soundtrack to the Louis Malle film Lift to the Scaffold. Two years later, he performed with Art Blakey and Thelonious Monk on the soundtrack to Roger Vadim's Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1960). Wilen began working in a rock-influenced style during the '60s, recording an album entitled Dear Prof. Leary in 1968. In the early '70s, Wilen led a failed expedition of filmmakers, musicians, and journalists to travel to Africa to document pygmy music. Later Wilen played in a punk rock band called Moko and founded a French Jazzmobile-type organization that took music to people living in outlying areas. He also worked in theater. By the mid-'90s, he was working once again in a bebop vein in a band with the pianist Laurent de Wilde. Much of Wilen's later work was documented on the Japanese Venus label.
---Chris Kelsey, All Music Guide |
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