Allan Barnes
Allan Curtis Barnes (born September 27, 1949 in Detroit ; † July 25, 2016 there ) was an American jazz musician. He played the saxophone, flute and clarinet.
Childhood and youth
Barnes received his first musical training from his two uncles, the musicians Joe and Robert Barnes. In 1967 Barnes enlisted in the United States Army and trained at the US Naval School of Music. After the training year he was used in an army band in Vietnam.
Musical career
After he was discharged from the army in 1970, Barnes went back to Detroit. He was discovered by trumpeter Donald Byrd , who encouraged Barnes to study music at Howard University in Washington, DC and play with Byrd's new band, The Blackbyrds. Barnes wrote two of the songs on the album: Summer Love and The Blackbirds Theme . The band's second album, Flying Start , featured the hit single Walking in Rhythm , which featured Barnes on the flute.
Barnes then formed his own band, Allan Barnes and Primetime . He also played and made recordings with numerous artists, including Prince , Gil Scott-Heron , Nina Simone , Robert Guillaume , Mary Wilson , Martha Reeves , Regina Carter and Wilson Pickett .
During his career, Barnes also worked with singer-songwriter John Malone and had a single with him, Disco Dancin , on the first joint album, Taste of Honey. He wrote music for commercials with Larry King , Brenda Sykes, Sugar Ray Leonard , Leslie Nielsen and Muhammad Ali. Barnes initiated and hosted the PBS show Jazzland . He made a cameo in the 1988 film Bird by Clint Eastwood .
In later years he formed the band Peaceful Warriors, with band members Cliff Monear, Marion Hayden, Rayse Biggs, Sunny Wilkinson and Gayelynn McKinney.
From 2007 onwards, Barnes was a frequent player in the Detroit funk hip hop band Gorilla Funk Mob. Barnes appeared on the 2012 album Rebirth of Detroit , along with a wide range of Detroit hip-hop artists, all of whom played over beats by legendary producer J Dilla .
death
Allen Barnes died in Detroit on July 25, 2016 at the age of 66 from complications from a heart attack.
Discographic notes
| album | song | Label | year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Do It Fluid / Summer Love | Summer love | Fantasy | 1974 |
| Flying start | Blackbyrds' Theme / April Showers | Fantasy | 1974 |
| The Blackbyrds | Summer love | BGP Records | 1974 |
| A taste of honey | Disco dancin ' | Capitol Records | 1978 |
| Boogie Oogie Oogie / Disco Dancin ' | Disco dancin ' | Capitol Records | 1978 |
| Night grooves | Good level / walkin '
in rhythm |
Fantasy Records | 1978 |
| It's cold out here | Jungle Records | 1989 | |
| Jazz Dance Classics, Vol. 2 | The Runaway | Windward N 'Haight | 1993 |
| Hip city | Moonstruck | Windward N 'Haight | 1994 |
| The Blackbyrds / Flying Start | BGP Records | 1994 | |
| The Blackbyrds | Fantasy | 1996 | |
| Beauty in the boogie | Disco dancin ' | EMI Records | 1997 |
| Fresh Outta "P" University | WEA | 1997 | |
| As Time Goes By | Virgin Records America | 1999 | |
| Programmed | People Make the World Go Round | Talkin 'loud | 1999 |
| The Detroit Experiment | Think Twice, Revelation | Ropeadope Records | 2002 |
| Movement - Detroit's Electronic Music Festival 04 | Transmat | 2004 | |
| Funky grooves | Disco dancin ' | Disky | 2006 |
| Happy Music: The Best of the Blackbyrds | Blackbyrd's Theme | Fantasy | 2007 |
| Lovebyrds: Soft and Easy | April Showers, Summer Lovin ' | Fantasy | 2007 |
| A Pipe Dream and a Promise (CD) | A Pipe Dream and a Promise | Interdependent Media | 2009 |
| Time Has Come / Blackbyrds' Theme (7 ") | Blackbyrds' theme | BackFire Records | 2009 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i Mark Stryker: Allan Barnes, soulful Detroit saxophonist, dies at 66 . In: Detroit Free Press , July 29, 2016.
- ↑ a b c d e f g Allan Barnes at www.blacdetroit.com. Retrieved April 21, 2017 .
- ^ Peaceful Warriors at www.americanjazzgreats.org. Retrieved April 21, 2017 .
- ^ Rebirth of Detroit at www.discogs.com. Retrieved April 21, 2017 .
- ^ Allan Barnes at www.soultracks.com. Retrieved April 21, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Barnes, Allan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Barnes, Allan Curtis (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 27, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Detroit |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 25, 2016 |
| Place of death | Detroit |