Alan Barnes
CDs
Blessing in Disguise
Alan Barnes
Cat No: WVCD111
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- Alan Barnes - alto / baritone saxes & clarinet
- John Donaldson - piano
- Andrew Cleyndert - double bass
- Spike Wells - drums
Recorded Eastcote Studios, West London 2006
- 1. Monk's Dream (Monk) Listen
- 2. Pannonica (Monk) Listen
- 3. Blessing In Disguise (Rollins) Listen
- 4. Child Is Born (Jones) Listen
- 5. Little Rootie Tootie (Monk) Listen
- 6. Day Dream (Strayhorn) Listen
- 7. Reflections (Monk) Listen
- 8. Lisa (Feldman) Listen
- 9. Way To Go Out (Urso) Listen
Details
I've spent a good deal of the last few years writing and arranging for various size groups so, for this recording of my new quartet, I wanted to get as far away from that approach as possible. Apart from booking the studio and the musicians, nothing was planned I just called a bunch of tunes on the day and it was more or less first takes all the way with no edits. Spike, John and Andy came up with the magic as they always do, and five hours later we had this CD under our belt. Here's what happened....
Reviews
This set has a sparkle that makes it much more than a genuflection to the jazz past. Another great makeover of the straight ahead jazzer’s art.
John Fordham The Guardian
The fact remains that this is Alan Barnes’s best record for some considerable time and it is refreshingly different. It will definitely in my year end top ten
Derek Ansell Jazz Journal
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