Time Out Ten
Alan Barnes Octet
When Joanna Loved Me
For this item you need to be able to stop for ten minutes.
We are often moving on to the next job, the next meeting, scrolling down social media, taking the next call ......'Time Out Ten' asks you to stop for ten minutes and listen to a particular piece of music; to find a time when you won't be interrupted, when you can put in/on your headphones and chill out. Ten minutes isn't long.
Recorded in 1999 and released in 2000, saxophonist Alan Barnes brought together eight UK musicians for an album entitled Girl Talk. The band was called the Alan Barnes Octet Poll Winners because it featured a lineup of top British jazz musicians, often referred to as "pollwinners" due to their frequent success in jazz polls and awards
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In this tune from the album they play Robert Wells and Jack Segal's beautiful tune When Joanna Loved Me. The event captured some fine playing from some of the UK's greatly respected musicians as well as giving us a relaxing few minutes for our time out. Who are they?
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Alan Barnes (alto and tenor saxophone); Tony Coe (tenor saxophone); Warren Vaché (trumpet);
Roy Williams (trombone); Brian Lemon (piano); Dave Cliff (guitar); Dave Green (double bass); Clark Tracey (drums).
Alan Barnes has won multiple awards for his music. He has twice been named as the 'BBC Jazz Musician of the Year' and in this photograph by Brian O'Connor, he received a BT Award the year before recording the above album.
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