Barney Wilen Quintet – Guilde du Jazz – Sam LP

IMITED EDITION

ORIGINAL LP ISSUE: GUILDE DU JAZZ J-1239.

This album reflects joy and sadness on an emotional level by the subtletly of Wilen’s musical imagination and physical releasing the essential siprit of jazz swing. On this so rare record, Barney plays with : on alto Hubert Fol, who recorded couple of times with Django Reinhardt. On Piano Nico Buninck, born in Amsterdam, is considered one of the best Young pianist in his country. Lloyd Thompson is a Young talented bassist who played with Lester Young, Dizzy Gillespie and Kenny Clarke. On drums Al Levitt, 25, has already toured in the USA with Charles Mingus, Lennie Tristano, Stan Getz and Lee Konitz.

PERSONNEL:
BARNEY WILEN, tenor sax
HUBERT FOL, alto sax
NICO BUNINCK, piano
LLOYD THOMPSON, bass
AL LEVITT, drums
Recorded in 1957, Paris.