Description
Release Date: 2021
Label: Elemental Music
Track List
1. L’Âme Des Poètes 4:41
2. What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life 3:08
3. Sous Le Ciel De Paris 4:28
4. Syracuse 3:49
5. Un Été 42 = Summer Of ’42 4:11
6. My Way 4:11
7. Les Feuilles Mortes = Autumn Leaves 7:16
8. Once Upon A Time 4:13
9. Seule Ce Soir 4:43
10. Manoir De Mes Rêves 4:27
11. Tears 4:18
12. La Vie En Rose 4:19
13. Les Moulins De Mon Cœur 2:41
14. Syracuse (Alternative Take) 3:51
15. Un Été 42 = Summer Of ’42 (Alternative Take) 3:51
16. Les Feuilles Mortes = Autumn Leaves (Alternative Take) 7:23
17. Seule Ce Soir (Alternative Take) 3:53
Personnel
Double Bass – Riccardo Del Fra
Drums – Sangoma Everett
Piano – Michel Graillier
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Barney Wilen
Notes
Following 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 its repertoire and approach, a quite unique work in the whole story of jazz.