Alan Barnes
CDs
Better Late Than Never
Alan Barnes
Cat No: WVCD101
Price £10 inc. postage
- Alan Barnes - alto / baritone saxes & clarinet
- Andy Panayi - tenor saxophone
- Iain Dixon - tenor saxophone
- Martin Shaw - trumpet
- Dave Newton - piano
- Paul Morgan - double bass
- Mark Taylor - drums
Recorded Premises Studios, London December 7-9th 1993
- 1. Let's Face The Music (Berlin) Listen
- 2. Mood Indigo (Ellington) Listen
- 3. B (Panayi) Listen
- 4. O Grande Amour (Jobim) Listen
- 5. One For Bruce (Barnes) Listen
- 6. Chelsea Bridge (Strayhorn) Listen
- 7. Better Late Than Never (Panayi/Barnes) Listen
- 8. Donna Lee (Parker) Listen
- 9. How Long Has This Been Going On (Gershwin) Listen
- 10. Lazybird (Coltrane) Listen
- 11. Below Zero (Barnes) Listen
- 12. Raincheck (Strayhorn) Listen
Details
Originally recorded in 1993 for Fret Records but not released. I heard the music again in 2002 and liked it so much that I launched Woodville Records to release it! Features my quartet of the time with various horn playing guests
Reviews
This is a mighty fine release. Barnes underlines his position as a key figure on the UK scene. He is a fluent, inventive improviser on a number of horns who can swing with the best of them.
Rick Finlay Jazz Review
Whatever the instrument, Alan plays it hard and fast and with the sort of inventive flexibility and invention that ensures that he has his own sound and style and could not be easily confused with any other player. And in these days of musical conformity, that is quite something.
Derek Ansell Jazz Journal
