Barney Wilen

Jazz Library by BBC

Sep 24, 201137:03Society & Culture

The French saxophonist Barney Wilen is best known for his 1950s recordings with Miles Davis, on the score for Louis Malle's film "Lift to the Scaffold". But his work is much wider than this. After growing up in America,...

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