Various Artists - To Barney Wilen 2 (CD)

Facts In this second volume of his homage "To Barney Wilen," Jean-Michel Proust follows the sensibilities of the legendary saxophonist in an exploration of the great jazz songbook and the classics of Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart, Vincent Youmans, Isham Jones and Django Reinhardt. Fronting a rhythm section that provides a setting that fits him like a glove, Jean- Michel Proust makes this opus a wonderful conclusion to his tribute to Wilen: his playing here combines zero gravity with a swing containing exquisite softness in every note.