Tilt

by Barney Wilen

Tilt cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1957
  • Label: Swing
  • Country: France
  • Length: 1:15:25
  • Community rating: 3.75/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Emerging as a preeminent voice in the European jazz scene, the young saxophonist demonstrates a remarkable synthesis of relaxed cool phrasing and driving bop mechanics. Backed by a highly capable rhythm section, the session exudes a sophisticated cosmopolitan energy unique to the Parisian clubs of the era.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, acoustic, improvisation

Tracklist

  1. Blue N' Boogie (4:22)
  2. Nature Boy (4:25)
  3. My Melancholy Baby (5:09)
  4. Night in Tunisia (4:26)
  5. The Way You Look Tonight (6:53)
  6. Hackensack (5:13)
  7. Blue Monk (4:22)
  8. Mysterioso (4:11)
  9. Think of One (5:33)
  10. Blue N' Boogie - Alternate Take (3:59)
  11. Nature Boy - Alternate Take (4:02)
  12. Hackensack - Alternate Take (5:05)
  13. Blue Monk - Alternate Take (5:14)
  14. We See (5:37)
  15. Let's Call This (6:49)

Credits

  • Barney Wilen - primary artist, tenor saxophone
  • Gilbert Rov猫re - bass
  • Al Levitt - drum
  • Charles Saudrais - drum
  • Barney Wilen Quartet - ensemble
  • Jacky Cnudde - piano
  • Maurice Vander - piano
  • Marcel Romano - sleeve notes

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