Barney Wilen & Alain Jean-Marie - Montréal Duets

Limited Gatefold 180-gram LP 

Elemental Music presents a never before heard duo performance by the great French saxophonist, Barney Wilen and the exquisite pianist, Alain Jean-Marie, in pristine sound quality!! All tracks previously unissued. Includes special essays by famed jazz writers Pascal Anquetil (Jazz Magazine) & Brian Morton (Penguin guide to Jazz).

“The alchemy of a duo cannot be decreed. It can be verified by the heat of this exchange. The Montreal concert is living proof. With these two musicians, jazz is not a matter of tempo or repertoire, of structures or the number of notes played in each bar. It is above all a matter of breathing, of the punctuation of each phrase, of the courtesy toward silence, a matter of music itself.” Pascal Anquetil (December 2019).

“Wilen’s preferred piano partner, for much of his later career, was the Martinique-born Alain Jean-Marie. He appears on both La Note Bleue and Wild Dogs of the Ruwenzori, but the duo’s Montréal appearance in 1993 is a nice way to study their chemistry at some length.” Brian Morton (December 2019).

Tracklist:

Side 1

1 SKATING IN CENTRAL PARK 10:39
2 ‘ROUND MIDNIGHT 10:06
3 I’M A FOOL TO WANT YOU 8:49

Side 2

1 MEDLEY: REPETITION /NO PROBLEM 12:03
2 MY FUNNY VALENTINE [Dedicated to Chet Baker] 8:55
3 BÉSAME MUCHO 8:56 

Personnel:

BARNEY WILEN, SAX TENOR & SOPRANO, ALAIN JEAN-MARIE PIANO.

Recorded live at The Festval International de Jazz de Montréal, Church of the Gesù, Montrleal, Canada, July 4, 1993.

Credits:

Design – Josep Basora
Liner Notes – Brian Morton (4), Pascal Anquetil
Photography By [Back Cover] – Denis Alix
Photography By [Cover] – Jean-Michel Sordello
Photography By [Inside Photos] – Christian Rose
Piano – Alain Jean-Marie
Producer – Jordi Soley
Producer [Associate] – Patrick Wilen
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Barney Wilen

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