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Jazz Icons

Britain's foremost jazz saxophinist, clarinetist and composer pays tribute to his jazz heroes by presenting this stunning collection of brilliant and virtuoso jazz works

  • 1. GETTING THE MESSAGE 00:02:31 AN UPLIFTING, POSITIVE, STRAIGHT AHEAD HARD BOP TUNE WITH THE UNISON BETWEEN SAX AND TRUMPET, A CHARACTERISTIC FEATURE OF THE HARD BOP STYLE WHICH CAME ABOUT DURING THE MID FIFTIES. PROMINENT EXPONENTS OF HARD BOP WERE MILES DAVIS, HORACE SILVER, ART BLAKEY AND THE JAZZ MESSENGERS, THELONIUS MONK, CANNONBALL AFFERLEY, JOHN COLTRANE, CLIFFORD BROWN, HANK MOBLEY AND CHARLIE MINGUS

     

    2. GETTING THE MESSAGE 00:01:05 60 SECONDS

     

    3. GETTING THE MESSAGE 00:00:33 30 SECONDS

     

    4. GETTING THE MESSAGE 00:05:42 LONG VERSION

    BPM
    196
    Tempo
    Medium
    Genre
    Jazz
    Instruments
    Saxophone, trumpet, trombone, piano, Bass, drums, big band
     
     
    Label
    C4U
    Sub-label
    C4U
    Album
    Jazz Icons
    Album code
    C4U021
    Year
    12
    Composers
    Alan Leonard Barnes
    Publishers
    CUES4U.COM
    ISRC code
    UK-SCV-19-00978
    Tags
    Atmospheric, Authentic, Bright, Catchy, Cool, Costume Drama, Crime, Drama, Dynamic, Fashionable, Feelgood, Filmic, Groovy, Hip, Imposing, Impressive, Inspirational, London, Period, Refined, Sixties, Strident, Stunning, Stylish

  • 5. HOLLYWOOD WAY 00:03:44 IN THIS POLISHED, SLICK, UPTEMPO BIG BAND CHART, ALAN BARNES PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE GREAT ICON OF BRITISH JAZZ, SAXOPHANIST, CLARINETIST AND COMPOSER JOHN DANKWORTH WHO PERFORMED WITH ALL OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST JAZZ PERFORMERS AND COMPOSED NUMEROUS FILM AND TV SCORES

     

    6. HOLLYWOOD WAY 00:01:05 60 SECONDS

     

    7. HOLLYWOOD WAY 00:00:36 30 SECONDS

     

    8. HOLLYWOOD WAY 00:05:20 LONG VERSION

    BPM
    218
    Tempo
    Fast
    Genre
    Jazz
    Instruments
    Saxophone, trumpet, trombone, piano, Bass, drums, big band
     
     
    Label
    C4U
    Sub-label
    C4U
    Album
    Jazz Icons
    Album code
    C4U021
    Year
    12
    Composers
    Alan Leonard Barnes
    Publishers
    CUES4U.COM
    ISRC code
    UK-SCV-19-00982
    Tags
    Atmospheric, Authentic, Bright, Catchy, Cool, Costume Drama, Crime, Drama, Dynamic, Fashionable, Feelgood, Filmic, Groovy, Hip, Imposing, Impressive, Inspirational, London, Period, Refined, Sixties, Strident, Stunning, Stylish

  • 9. DIZZY HEIGHTS 00:02:36 A SERIOUS UP TEMPO BEBOP JAZZ WALTZ IN 3/4 TIME IN THE STYLE OF THE GREAT SAX PLAYER JOHN COLTRANE WHO WAS A DEVOTEE OF CHARLIE 'BIRD" PARKER AND A MEMBER OF GROUPS LED BY DIZZY GILLESPIE, MILES DAVIS AND THELONIUS MONK.

     

    10. DIZZY HEIGHTS 00:01:03 60 SECONDS

     

    11. DIZZY HEIGHTS 00:00:33 30 SECONDS

     

    12. DIZZY HEIGHTS 00:06:11 LONG VERSION

    BPM
    180
    Tempo
    Medium
    Genre
    Jazz
    Instruments
    Saxophone, trumpet, trombone, piano, Bass, drums, big band
     
     
    Label
    C4U
    Sub-label
    C4U
    Album
    Jazz Icons
    Album code
    C4U021
    Year
    12
    Composers
    Alan Leonard Barnes
    Publishers
    CUES4U.COM
    ISRC code
    UK-SCV-19-00986
    Tags
    Atmospheric, Authentic, Bright, Catchy, Cool, Costume Drama, Crime, Drama, Dynamic, Fashionable, Feelgood, Filmic, Groovy, Hip, Imposing, Impressive, Inspirational, London, Period, Refined, Sixties, Strident, Stunning, Stylish

  • 13. SPRINGTIME WITH YOU 00:04:48 A FEELGOOD, EASYGOING AND WARM TRACK IN THE COOL JAZZ STYLE OF DAVE BRUBECK AND PAUL DESMOND

     

    14. SPRINGTIME WITH YOU 00:01:10 60 SECONDS

     

    15. SPRINGTIME WITH YOU 00:00:34 30 SECONDS

    BPM
    134
    Tempo
    Medium
    Genre
    Jazz
    Instruments
    Saxophone, trumpet, trombone, piano, Bass, drums, big band
     
     
    Label
    C4U
    Sub-label
    C4U
    Album
    Jazz Icons
    Album code
    C4U021
    Year
    12
    Composers
    Alan Leonard Barnes
    Publishers
    CUES4U.COM
    ISRC code
    UK-SCV-19-00990
    Tags
    Atmospheric, Authentic, Bright, Catchy, Cool, Costume Drama, Crime, Drama, Dynamic, Fashionable, Feelgood, Filmic, Groovy, Hip, Imposing, Impressive, Inspirational, London, Period, Refined, Sixties, Strident, Stunning, Stylish

  • 16. NUMBER ONE BROTHER 00:04:28 A STRONG, CONFIDENT AND UPLIFTING SAX ENSEMBLE PIECE FEATURING TENOR SAX IN THE STYLE OF ZOOT SIMS FAMOUS FOR PLAYING FIRST TENOR SAX IN WOODY HERMAN'S FOUR BROTHERS AND FOR HIS COLLABORATIONS WITH GERRY MULLIGAN, ARTIE SHAW, STAN KENTON, JACK KEROUAC, AL COHN AND BUDDY RICH.

     

    17. NUMBER ONE BROTHER 00:01:02 60 SECONDS

     

    18. NUMBER ONE BROTHER 00:00:36 30 SECONDS

    BPM
    205
    Tempo
    Fast
    Genre
    Jazz
    Instruments
    Saxophone, trumpet, trombone, piano, Bass, drums, big band
     
     
    Label
    C4U
    Sub-label
    C4U
    Album
    Jazz Icons
    Album code
    C4U021
    Year
    12
    Composers
    Alan Leonard Barnes
    Publishers
    CUES4U.COM
    ISRC code
    UK-SCV-19-00993
    Tags
    Atmospheric, Authentic, Bright, Catchy, Cool, Costume Drama, Crime, Drama, Dynamic, Fashionable, Feelgood, Filmic, Groovy, Hip, Imposing, Impressive, Inspirational, London, Period, Refined, Sixties, Strident, Stunning, Stylish

  • 19. EARLY BIRD 00:03:08 THIS UPTEMPO, ENERGETIC BEBOP TRACK EVOKES THE TRUE SPIRIT OF BEBOP AND PAYS HOMAGE TO THE GREAT CHARLIE 'BIRD' PARKER

     

    20. EARLY BIRD 00:01:03 60 SECONDS

     

    21. EARLY BIRD 00:00:34 30 SECONDS

     

    22. EARLY BIRD 00:06:30 LONG VERSION

    BPM
    248
    Tempo
    Fast
    Genre
    Jazz
    Instruments
    Saxophone, trumpet, trombone, piano, Bass, drums, big band
     
     
    Label
    C4U
    Sub-label
    C4U
    Album
    Jazz Icons
    Album code
    C4U021
    Year
    12
    Composers
    Alan Leonard Barnes
    Publishers
    CUES4U.COM
    ISRC code
    UK-SCV-19-00996
    Tags
    Atmospheric, Authentic, Bright, Catchy, Cool, Costume Drama, Crime, Drama, Dynamic, Fashionable, Feelgood, Filmic, Groovy, Hip, Imposing, Impressive, Inspirational, London, Period, Refined, Sixties, Strident, Stunning, Stylish

  • 23. COOL CATS CAPER 00:04:18 A BREEZY, FAST SWING EXTRAVAGANZA WITH THE CHARACTERISTIC BARITONE STYLE OF THE GREAT GERRY MULLIGAN, THE EPITOME OF COOL

     

    24. COOL CATS CAPER 00:01:02 60 SECONDS

     

    25. COOL CATS CAPER 00:00:38 30 SECONDS

    BPM
    216
    Tempo
    Fast
    Genre
    Jazz
    Instruments
    Saxophone, trumpet, trombone, piano, Bass, drums, big band
     
     
    Label
    C4U
    Sub-label
    C4U
    Album
    Jazz Icons
    Album code
    C4U021
    Year
    12
    Composers
    Alan Leonard Barnes
    Publishers
    CUES4U.COM
    ISRC code
    UK-SCV-19-01000
    Tags
    Atmospheric, Authentic, Bright, Catchy, Cool, Costume Drama, Crime, Drama, Dynamic, Fashionable, Feelgood, Filmic, Groovy, Hip, Imposing, Impressive, Inspirational, London, Period, Refined, Sixties, Strident, Stunning, Stylish

  • 26. JAUNTY JEROBOAM 00:05:00 AN UPTEMPO, SPRIGHTLY BLUES SHUFFLE IN THE STYLE OF THE GREAT CHARLIE MINGUS

     

    27. JAUNTY JEROBOAM 00:01:03 60 SECONDS

     

    28. JAUNTY JEROBOAM 00:00:35 30 SECONDS

    BPM
    156
    Tempo
    Medium
    Genre
    Jazz
    Instruments
    Saxophone, trumpet, trombone, piano, Bass, drums, big band
     
     
    Label
    C4U
    Sub-label
    C4U
    Album
    Jazz Icons
    Album code
    C4U021
    Year
    12
    Composers
    Alan Leonard Barnes
    Publishers
    CUES4U.COM
    ISRC code
    UK-SCV-19-01003
    Tags
    Atmospheric, Authentic, Bright, Catchy, Cool, Costume Drama, Crime, Drama, Dynamic, Fashionable, Feelgood, Filmic, Groovy, Hip, Imposing, Impressive, Inspirational, London, Period, Refined, Sixties, Strident, Stunning, Stylish

  • 29. BEBOP BOY 00:04:26 A SLICK, UPTEMPO CHART IN THE CLASSIC BEBOP STYLE MADE FAMOUS BY SAXOPHONISTS BY SAXOPHONISTS SUCH AS SONNY STITT WHO WAS A COMRADE OF CHARLIE PARKER AND WAS A HUGELY PROLIFIC PERFORMER AND COMPOSER FROM THE LATE 40'S TO THE LATE 80'S

     

    30. BEBOP BOY 00:01:04 60 SECONDS

     

    31. BEBOP BOY 00:00:36 30 SECONDS

    BPM
    220
    Tempo
    Fast
    Genre
    Jazz
    Instruments
    Saxophone, trumpet, trombone, piano, Bass, drums, big band
     
     
    Label
    C4U
    Sub-label
    C4U
    Album
    Jazz Icons
    Album code
    C4U021
    Year
    12
    Composers
    Alan Leonard Barnes
    Publishers
    CUES4U.COM
    ISRC code
    UK-SCV-19-01006
    Tags
    Atmospheric, Authentic, Bright, Catchy, Cool, Costume Drama, Crime, Drama, Dynamic, Fashionable, Feelgood, Filmic, Groovy, Hip, Imposing, Impressive, Inspirational, London, Period, Refined, Sixties, Strident, Stunning, Stylish

  • 32. ASK ME LATER 00:01:46 A MOODY, MIDTEMPO, BLUESY TRACK IN GM WITH ATTITUDE. FROM 1947 AND THROUGH THE EARLY 50'S PIANIST THELEONIUS MONK MADE MANY RECORDINGS FOR BLUE NOTE RECORDS AND HIS UNORTHODOX APPROACH CONTRIBUTED MUCH TO THE STYLE OF BEBOP.

     

    33. ASK ME LATER 00:01:06 60 SECONDS

     

    34. ASK ME LATER 00:00:38 30 SECONDS

     

    35. ASK ME LATER 00:06:24 LONG VERSION

    BPM
    120
    Tempo
    Medium
    Genre
    Jazz
    Instruments
    Saxophone, trumpet, trombone, piano, Bass, drums, big band
     
     
    Label
    C4U
    Sub-label
    C4U
    Album
    Jazz Icons
    Album code
    C4U021
    Year
    12
    Composers
    Alan Leonard Barnes
    Publishers
    CUES4U.COM
    ISRC code
    UK-SCV-19-01009
    Tags
    Atmospheric, Authentic, Bright, Catchy, Cool, Costume Drama, Crime, Drama, Dynamic, Fashionable, Feelgood, Filmic, Groovy, Hip, Imposing, Impressive, Inspirational, London, Period, Refined, Sixties, Strident, Stunning, Stylish
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