The band's second album, Flying Start, contained the hit single "Walking in Rhythm", with Barnes being featured on flute.īarnes formed his own band, Allan Barnes and Primetime. The band's first album went gold with Barnes writing two of the songs: "Summer Love" and "The Blackbyrds Theme". Barnes traveled the world with Donald Byrd and the Blackbyrds. He was discovered by trumpeter Donald Byrd who insisted that Barnes come to Howard University and play with a new band he was putting together, the Blackbyrds. Photo by Leni SinclairĪfter being discharged, Barnes played his way back to Detroit. 1997: Play Jerome Kern: Yesterdays (Zephyr).2015: A Jazz Christmas Carol (Woodville).2014: Live at the Watermill (Woodville).2004: The Marbella Jazz Suite ( Big Bear).2003: The Sherlock Holmes Suite (Woodville).2003: Better Late Than Never (Woodville).2000: The Pollwinners Playing Girl Talk (Zephyr).In the Marston's Pedigree British Jazz Awards, Barnes won the alto and clarinet sections five times and the baritone section three times.Best Instrumentalist, BBC Jazz Awards, 2001, 2006.Barnes has also appeared as a session musician on albums by Selina Jones, Björk, Van Morrison, Bryan Ferry and can also be found on film and television soundtracks and jingles such as the Tetley Bitter series of adverts featuring his solo baritone. Other bands he has toured and recorded with include the Gary Potter quartet, playing the music of Django Reinhardt, the Tina May Trio with Nikki Iles, Bill LeSage's Genetically Modified Quintet, and Spike Robinson's Tenor Madness. That November Barnes featured on baritone at the Blue Note Clubs in New York and Tokyo with the Charlie Watts Tentet and followed this with a stay in South Africa as a solo artist.Ī regular broadcaster over a ten-year period with the BBC Big Band and Radio Orchestra, he has toured and recorded with big band leaders, Dick Walter, Kenny Baker, Bob Wilber, Don Weller, Stan Tracey and Mike Westbrook. In the same year he received the BBC Jazz Instrumentalist of the Year award. A band with Don Weller, celebrating the music of Cannonball Adderley, recorded a live album Cannonball which was awarded album of the year in the 2001 British Jazz Awards. In 1999, he toured America and Europe with Bryan Ferry's band, returning to the United States in early 2000 to record and tour for ten weeks with Warren Vache's eleven-piece band - a project for which Barnes had written most of the arrangements. He performed as a member of Clark Tracey's Tribute to Art Blakey and was featured on the David Newton/Clark Tracey recording Bootleg Eric. ĭuring 1997–99, Barnes began to record a large number of sessions with pianist Brian Lemon on the Zephyr label, including albums with Warren Vache, Ken Peplowski, Tony Coe, Roy Williams and his own octet and nonet. Throughout the 1990s he co-led a quintet with be-bop trumpeter Bruce Adams, recording two CDs for Big Bear Records, Side-Steppin' and Lets Face the Music, and later The Marbella Jazz Suite as part of the specially assembled Alan Barnes All Stars ensemble. In 1993, he recorded again with Newton, resulting in the duo album Like Minds and the quartet, quintet and sextet album Thirsty Work, which featured fellow reedmen Andy Panayi and Iain Dixon. After leaving the Humphrey Lyttelton band, he concentrated on a freelance career. Between 19, he also led the Pizza Express Modern Jazz Sextet, with Gerard Presencer and Dave O’Higgins. In 1988, Barnes was asked to fill the chair recently vacated by Bruce Turner in the Humphrey Lyttelton band where he stayed until 1992. In 1985, he recorded his first record as co-leader with Tommy Whittle (entitled Straight Eight) and as leader of his own quartet in 1987, Affiliation, with pianist David Newton, an association that goes back to their days at Leeds College of Music. He left Chase in 1986 to co-lead The Jazz Renegades, with rock drummer Steve White, with whom he recorded four albums. In that year he left to join the hard-bop band of Tommy Chase, where he attracted attention on the UK jazz scene for the first time. In 1980, he played with the Midnight Follies Orchestra and the following year was with the Pasadena Roof Orchestra, touring Europe until 1983. Career īetween 19, Barnes attended Leeds College of Music, where he studied saxophone, woodwinds and arranging before moving to London. Alan Barnes (born 23 July 1959) is a multi-award winning English jazz saxophone and clarinet player.
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