Barney Wilen Quartet feat. Tete Montoliu - Grenoble '88

Limited 180 Gram Gatefold LP

Elemental Music proudly presents a previously unissued concert by the Barney Wilen Quartet featuring the Spanish jazz legend Tete Montoliu, live at the Grenoble Jazz Festival, February 12, 1988.   ALL TRACKS PREVIOUSLY UNISSUED!! LIMITED 180-GRAM GATEFOLD EDITION. INCLUDING SPECIAL ANNOTATIONS BY ASHLEY KHAN, PHILIPPE VINCENT (JAZZ MAGAZINE), RICCARDO DEL FRA & PATRICK WILEN. 

“Making musical history is rarely a conscious act; certainly not in jazz. One can imagine the four making their way back to their hotel that evening, thinking of anything but the concert they had just performed, maybe meeting for a nightcap in the lobby bar and then departing separately in the morning for their next gigs. Maybe Wilen and Montoliu said there final goodbyes at breakfast that morning.” Ashley Kahn, August 2020.

“To my knowledge, Barney Wilen and Tete Montoliu had never played together before. The uniqueness of the event gives it even more flavor.” Philippe Vincent, JAZZ MAGAZINE.  

Tracklist:

Side 1 

1. L’ÂME DES POÈTES 9:49 (Charles Trénet) [Wilen-Del Fra duet]
2. ’ROUND MIDNIGHT 8:46 (Thelonious Monk)
3. SUMMERTIME 8:34 (George & Ira Gershwin - DuBose Heyward)

Side 2

1. ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE 8:23 (Jerome Kern - Oscar Hammerstein II)
2. LA VALSE DES LILAS 5:47 (Michel Legrand - Eddy Marnay-Eddie Barclay)
3. MEDLEY: SOUS LE CIEL DE PARIS / AUTUMN LEAVES (LES FEUILLES MORTES) (Jean Dréjac - Hubert Giraud) / (Jacques Prévert-Joseph Kosma-Johnny Mercer) 12:57  
Personnel:

BARNEY WILEN: TENOR & SOPRANO SAX, TETE MONTOLIU: PIANO, RICCARDO DEL FRA: BASS, AARON SCOTT: DRUMS.

Credits:

RECORDED LIVE AT THE GRENOBLE JAZZ FESTIVAL, GRENOBLE, FRANCE, FEBRUARY 12, 1988. PRODUCED BY JORDI SOLEY ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: PATRICK WILEN. The LP version was released on the occasion of the Record Store Day / Black Friday Edition from November 27, 2020.

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