Trio 1970

Artist: Brian Barley
Label: Just a Memory
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 068944950225
EAN: 0068944950225
ASIN: B0000021AJ

Release Date: 1995-11-21

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The Greatest Canadian Horn Player- Ever!.......2004-02-28

Canada's Best Horn Player- Ever! February 12, 2004

Brian Barley was a clarinet virtuoso who played with the National Youth Orchstra. He also studied at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto and with Robert Marcellus at the Cleveland Institute of Music. In 1966 Barley was a passenger in a car involved in a serious accident; he was left as an epileptic for the remainder of his life. Interestingly, it was only in 1966 that he dedicated his life to jazz, thus abandoning a classical career which had showed great promise. In 1967, at Expo '67, Barley playd with the Maynard Ferguson Big Band , the Ferguson sextet, and the Pierre Leduc quartet; all performances were issued on CBC International Transcriptions. Barley seems to have been influenced by bop and hard bop, notably by Rollins, Coltrane and Dolphy. In Montreal, Barley began playing often at "La Jazztek" with the brilliant rhythm section of Claude Ranger (drums) and Michel Donato (bass). This trio would quickly become the most inventive and original trio in Canadian jazz history- and a trio which could have held it's own internationally, if not for unforseen events. On CBC French Radio, Barley appeared with the trio as well as a member of bands helmed by Roland Haynes and the great trumpeter Herbie Spanier. (One of these broadcasts- of the trio with a guest trumpeter- has just been issued on the "Just a Memory" label, and a couple of tracks featuring Barley with Spanier were released on the "Just in time" label.) Each member of the trio was a composer as well, and by 1969 they were rehearsing 7-8 hours a day at Barley's residence in Montreal. Sometimes Barley and Ranger would just jam in the street- just for the fun of it. By this time Barley was playing not only tenor but alto, bass, soprano and flute. In 1969, the trio recorded an album in a professional studio- but the tapes have never been released (the engineer still has them, although copies have floated around.) In 1970 Barley toured with the National Ballet playing clarinet, probably for the money, and afterwards reformed the trio, this time with Daniel Lessard on electric bass, with a new name: "Aquarius Rising". In June of 1970 the new trio made their only recording for CBC International in Montreal, featuring compositions by Barley and Ranger.(This is the disc offered above.) Soon after, Barley moved to Toronto, but could find almost no work. Happily the trio (with Donato) was reunited for 3 nights at a local club in April of 1971. Tragically Barley suffered an epileptic seizure in June, and died alone in a rooming house. Although there have been only a handful of recordings available of Barley, and only one under his own name, there are several performances from the CBC "La Jazztek" show from 1968 and 1969, as well as the never-released 1969 studio recordings, which will, when they are finally released, only further consolidate Barley's reputation as the foremost jazz player to come out of Canada yet. If you are doubtful, purchase the album above or the new Donato release, and see why Barley is a legendary figure. Oh yes- the new Donato release has a bonus track: the first ever commercial release of a performance by the trio- it's almost 14 minutes long, and stunning.

Canda's Best Horn Player- Ever!.......2004-02-13

Brian Barley was a clarinet virtuoso who played with the National Youth Orchstra. He also studied at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto and with Robert Marcellus at the Cleveland Institute of Music. In 1966 Barley was a passenger in a car involved in a serious accident; he was left as an epileptic for the remainder of his life. Interestingly, it was only in 1966 that he dedicated his life to jazz, thus abandoning a classical career which had showed great promise. In 1967, at Expo '67, Barley playd with the Maynard Ferguson Big Band , the Ferguson sextet, and the Pierre Leduc quartet; all performances were issued on CBC International Transcriptions. Barley seems to have been influenced by bop and hard bop, notably by Rollins, Coltrane and Dolphy. In Montreal, Barley began playing often at "La Jazztek" with the brilliant rhythm section of Claude Ranger (drums) and Michel Donato (bass). This trio would quickly become the most inventive and original trio in Canadian jazz history- and a trio which could have held it's own internationally, if not for unforseen events. On CBC French Radio, Barley appeared with the trio as well as a member of bands helmed by Roland Haynes and the great trumpeter Herbie Spanier. (One of these broadcasts- of the trio with a guest trumpeter- has just been issued on the "Just a Memory" label, and a couple of tracks featuring Barley with Spanier were released on the "Just in time" label.) Each member of the trio was a composer as well, and by 1969 they were rehearsing 7-8 hours a day at Barley's residence in Montreal. Sometimes Barley and Ranger would just jam in the street- just for the fun of it. By this time Barley was playing not only tenor but alto, bass, soprano and flute. In 1969, the trio recorded an album in a professional studio- but the tapes have never been released (the engineer still has them, although copies have floated around.) In 1970 Barley toured with the National Ballet playing clarinet, probably for the money, and afterwards reformed the trio, this time with Daniel Lessard on electric bass, with a new name: "Aquarius Rising". In June of 1970 the new trio made their only recording for CBC International in Montreal, featuring compositions by Barley and Ranger.(This is the disc offered above.) Soon after, Barley moved to Toronto, but could find almost no work. Happily the trio (with Donato) was reunited for 3 nights at a local club in April of 1971. Tragically Barley suffered an epileptic seizure in June, and died alone in a rooming house. Although there have been only a handful of recordings available of Barley, and only one under his own name, there are several performances from the CBC "La Jazztek" show from 1968 and 1969, as well as the never-released 1969 studio recordings, which will, when they are finally released, only further consolidate Barley's reputation as the foremost jazz player to come out of Canada yet. If you are doubtful, purchase the album above or the new Donato release, and see why Barley is a legendary figure. Oh yes- the new Donato release has a bonus track: the first ever commercial release of a performance by the trio- it's almost 14 minutes long, and stunning.

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