Barney

Eddie was born in Vicksburg Mississippi. This long time General Motors employee learned how to play the harmonica during downtime on the line. His love for the blues grew stating, “One day I started playing Blues and I couldn’t stop. I play Guitar and Harp just because I love it.

Barney Jean Wilen was a French tenor and soprano saxophonist and jazz composer. Wilen was born in Nice; his father was an American dentist turned inventor, and his mother was French. He began performing in clubs in Nice after being encouraged by Blaise Cendrars who was a friend of his mother. His career was boosted in 1957 when he worked with Miles Davis on the soundtrack Ascenseur pour l'Échafaud. In 1959, Wilen wrote his two soundtracks Un Témoin Dans la Ville and Jazz sur scène with Kenny Clarke. He wrote a soundtrack for Roger Vadim's film Les Liaisons Dangeureuse two years later, working with Thelonious Monk. Wilen returned to composing for French films in the 1980s and 1990s. In the mid-to-late 1960s he became interested in rock, and recorded an album dedicated to Timothy Leary. Wilen toured in Japan for the first time in 1990. He also worked with punk rockers before returning to jazz in the 1990s. Wilen played with modern jazz musicians until his death in 1996. He died of cancer in Paris at the age 59.

This Bossa Nova title may seem deceiving, as it suggests a blend of early Rock n' Roll or Rockabilly with a big band influence, resulting in an incredibly pleasing album.

This Bossa Nova title may seem deceiving, as it suggests a blend of early Rock n' Roll or Rockabilly with a big band influence, resulting in an incredibly pleasing album.

All of the studio collaborations by the great tenor player Harold Land and guitar master Barney Kessel.

All of the studio collaborations by the great tenor player Harold Land and guitar master Barney Kessel.

On this fantastic album Kessel swings together with Art Pepper, Joe Gordon, Jimmy Rowles and Shelly Manne, to name but a few.

Take a ride through the life and memories of Barney Panofsky, a hard-drinking, cigar-smoking, foulmouthed 65-year old hockey fanatic and television producer, as he reflects on his life's successes and (numerous) gaffes and failures as the final chapters of his own existence come sharply into focus.