Barney Wilen Quartet & Tete Montoliu - Barney And Tete - [Vinyl]

Product DescriptionThis previously unreleased session from 1988 features the French saxophonist Barney Wilen and the Spanish pianist Tete Montoliu. Recorded live at the Grenoble Jazz Festival they are accompanied by Riccardo Del Fra on bass and Aaron Scott on drums.The programme of standards includes 'Round Midnight, Summertime and All The Things You Are and the 180gm virgin vinyl pressing is packaged in a gatefold sleeve with liner notes by Ashley Kahn, Philippe Vincent (Jazz Magazine France), Riccardo Del Fra and Patrick Wilen."To my knowledge, Barney Wilen and Tete Montoliu had never played together before. The uniqueness of the event gives it even more flavour." Philippe Vincent.About the ArtistBarney Jean Wilen (4 March 1937 25 May 1996) was a French tenor and soprano saxophonist and jazz composer. Wilen was born in Nice; his father was an American dentist turned inventor, and his mother was French. He began performing in clubs in Nice after being encouraged by Blaise Cendrars who was a friend of his mother. His career was boosted in 1957 when he worked with Miles Davis on the soundtrack Ascenseur pour l'�chafaud. In 1959, Wilen wrote his two soundtracks Un T�moin Dans la Ville and Jazz sur sc�ne with Kenny Clarke. He wrote a soundtrack for Roger Vadim's film Les Liaisons Dangereuses two years later, working with Thelonious Monk. Wilen returned to composing for French films in the 1980s and 1990s. In the mid-to-late 1960s he became interested in rock, and recorded an album dedicated to Timothy Leary. Wilen toured in Japan for the first time in 1990.[1] He also worked with punk rockers before returning to jazz in the 1990s. Wilen played with modern jazz musicians until his death in 1996. He died of cancer in Paris at the age of 59. In 1987, French comic book artist Jacques de Loustal and author Philippe Paringaux paid homage to Wilen in their "bande dessin�e" Barney et la note bleue ("Barney and the blue note"). Tete Montoliu: An outstanding veteran pianist from Spain, Tete Montoliu was born blind. He learned to read music in Braille when he was seven and developed impressive technique on piano. He recorded with Lionel Hampton in 1956, had his first session as a leader in 1958, and played with the touring Roland Kirk in 1963. Through the years, he also worked with such visiting Americans as Kenny Dorham, Dexter Gordon, Ben Webster, Lucky Thompson, and even Anthony Braxton. Tete Montoliu's visits to the U.S. were very infrequent, but his SteepleChase albums (starting in 1971) are generally available; he also cut one date for Contemporary (1979) and recorded for Enja and Soul Note.

Barney Wilen Quartet & Tete Montoliu - Barney And Tete - [Vinyl]

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