Barney Wilen - French Ballads Fulfilled By FYE 2023 and later on vinyl

2023 and later on vinyl LP

the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig embarks on a musical journey to the Czech Republic in memory of it's former conductor Václav Neumann

and features recordings with Charles Mingus

It makes for an intriguing and very entertaining musical snapshot of a year when the USA was fully embroiled in WWII and there were plenty of patriotic and sentimental wartime hits to give a period flavour

Barney Wilen - French Ballads Fulfilled By FYE 2023 and later on vinylFollowing the unexpected success of his comeback album, La Note Bleue, iconic French saxophonist Barney Wilen embarked right away on his new project. French Ballads is the perfect synthesis between jazz and the French chanson. Presented here in the newly re mastered CD edition from the 24 track analog master tapes by the original sound engineer, Herve Le Guil. The new album is, because of it's repertoire and approach, a quite unique work in the whole