I agree with the comment of Flac about Barney Wilen, who remains one of my favorite sax players, except on one point : Barney Wilen, born in Nice (France) March 4, 1937, and dead in Aubervilliers (France) Mai 25,1996, was a FRENCH wunderkind musician, but I was not native from Switzerland ! Excuse my chauvinism !
Yeah, that stood you to me right away, where did that info even come from? haha. Also odd to refer to wind players as part of the "rhythm section." But those notes aside, this is really a fantastic document, a marvelous addition to the Lucky Thompson corpus.
Recorded November 25, 1960 at Funkhaus (Radio Studio) Hamburg, Germany TRACK LIST & PERSONNEL PERSONNEL: LUCKY THOMPSON. soprano & tenor sax BARNEY WILEN, soprano & tenor sax HELMUT BRANDT, baritone sax BENT JAEDIG, tenor sax ALSO FEATURING: ROLAND KOVAC, piano LARRY ATWELL, guitar JÜRGEN EHLERS, bass RUDY PRONK, drums TRACK LIST: 1 This Here Saxophone Soloists - Barney Wilen, Bent Jaedig Written-By - Bobby Timmons 2 Why Weep Saxophone Soloist - Lucky Thompson Written-By - Lucky Thompson 3 Have A Light Saxophone Soloist - Helmut Brandt Written-By - Helmut Brandt 4 Oleo Saxophone Soloist - Barney Wilen Written-By - Sonny Rollins 5 I Want To Be Happy Saxophone Soloist - Barney Wilen Written-By - Vincent Youmans 6 Jahrgang`37 Saxophone Soloists - Bent Jaedig, Helmut Brandt Written-By - Helmut Brandt 7 Autumn Leaves Written-By - Joseph Kosma 8 One Last Goodbye Saxophone Soloist - Lucky Thompson Written-By - Lucky Thompson 9 Take The A Train Written-By - Duke Ellington 10 Düsseldorf Süd - Wuppertal West Saxophone Soloist - Barney Wilen Written-By - Roland Kovac 11 Iris Saxophone Soloists - Barney Wilen, Helmut Brandt, Lucky Thompson Written-By - Roland Kovac 12 I Surrender Dear Saxophone Soloist - Helmut Brandt Written-By - Barry Harris 13 Easy Saxophone Soloists - Bent Jaedig, Helmut Brandt Written-By - Helmut Brandt 14 The Mysterioso Mr. X Written-By - Lucky Thompson 15 Edith Written-By - Roland Kovac 16 Einsames Mädchen Am Meer Saxophone Soloist - Lucky Thompson Written-By - Roland Kovac
45'10" LARRY ATWELL plays a fabtastically tasty, sparse, no-nonsense, terse, to-the-point, restraint but no-holds barred 50 sec GUITTAAAH SOLO. What an underrated master, was he w McGriff here'n'there ...? Along with Larry Frazier who also always anyways scores heavily & heavenly any x he touches the fretboard ...Sue stuff by Mc Gr is off the CHARTS .... 1:05:40 ALSO THERE, ANOTHER SOLO 40 secs ....such crisp, strong but sensitive chops
