Name: La Note Bleue
Brand: Barney Wilen

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Catalogue number

5990439

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2021-07-23

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8435395503027

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2 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Barney Wilen

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Jazz

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Elemental

Jazz tenor saxophonist, Barney Wilen, was born on March 4, 1937 in Nice, France. He had an American father and a French mother. Encouraged by writer Blaise Cendrars, a friend of his mother, Barney began performing in clubs at a young age.
In 1957, Barney's career took off when he was recruited by Miles Davis to create the music for Louis Malle's film "Ascenseur pour l'echafaud". Alongside pianist René Urtreger, bassist Pierre Michelot and drummer Kenny Clarke, they improvised and recorded the soundtrack in one night while watching the movie.
Barney went on to record with Thelonious Monk and was chosen by Art Blakey to interpret the music for Roger Vadim's film "Les liaisons dangereuses" in 1960. He also appeared on the TV show Jazz Memories and performed at the Newport Jazz Festival with notable musicians.
In the late 1960s, Barney became interested in rock music and dedicated a record to Timothy Leary. He later ventured into Africa with Caroline de Bendern and created the album "Moshi" which combined jazz and African music. After a period of silence, he composed music for French films in the 1980s-1990s before returning to jazz.

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Barney Wilen's complete 1987 studio album La Note Bleue + 4 bonus alternative takes, one previously unissued. Newly remastered from the original analogue 24-track master tapes by the sound engineer of the original recording, Hervé le Guil.

La Note Bleue was awarded the Grand Prix Jazz de l'Académie Charles Cros as "The Best French Jazz Album of 1987", and features Barney Wilen on tenor and soprano saxophones, Alain Jean-Marie on piano, Philippe Petit on guitar, Riccardo Del Fra on double-bass, and Sangoma Everett on drums.

Bonus CD consists of a previously unissued 1989 Radio France live broadcast by the Barney Wilen Quartet. Recorded on September 27, 1989 at the Parisian jazz club Le Petit Opportun, the broadcast features Wilen offering fresh new interpretations of songs from La Note Bleue. It is issued here thanks to the collaboration of the INA (Institute National de l`Audiovisuel). Wilen is backed here by Jacky Terrasson on piano, Gilles Naturel on double-bass, and Peter Gritz on drums.

Includes a 28-page booklet featuring new liner notes by Philippe Vincent (Jazz Magazine), Francis Marmande (Le Monde), and bassist Riccardo del Fra. Showcases never before issued photos from the original studio sessions by Guy le Querrec, as well as other hitherto unpublished memorabilia.

French saxophonist Barney Wilen's career was boosted in 1957 when he joined Miles Davis on the soundtrack of Louis Malle's film noir classic Ascenseur pour l'échafaud. However, Wilen's popularity slowly waned starting in the 1970s, even though he would produce lots of wonderful music in the intervening years. The release of the LP 'La Note Bleue' marked a rebirth in his career. That legendary album followed the success of a Jacques de Loustal &amp; Philippe Paringaux comic book partly inspired by his life, titled Barney et la Note Bleue, which put the saxophonist's name back into the scene.