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Kenny Wheeler was a Canadian composer and jazz musician who played trumpet and flugelhorn. He worked with various ensembles, including John Dankworth, Evan Parker, and Azimuth, and recorded over one hundred compositions.
Sep 22, 2014 · Kenny Wheeler, a jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and composer who was as comfortable improvising with uncompromising avant-gardists like the saxophonist Anthony Braxton as he was writing...
0:00 Foxy Trot14:09 Ma Bel 18:03 W.W. 25:55 Three For D'reenBlue For LouMark TimeKenny Wheeler – trumpet, flugelhornMike Brecker – tenor saxophoneJohn T...
- Windmill Tilter
- GNU High
- Double, Double You
- Music For Large & Small Ensembles
- The Widow in The Window
- Angel Song
- What Now?
- Songs For Quintet
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In the late 1960’s, Kenny Wheeler’s wisdom teeth prevented him from playing and his dentist prescribed no trumpeting for three months. John Dankworth, leader of the John Dankworth Orchestra with whom Kenny had toured in America, asked him to work an album during the down time. The result was Windmill Tilter, based on the life of Don Quixote, which ...
Kenny Wheeler made his debut on ECM Recordsin 1975 with Gnu High, which featured Dave Holland on bass, Jack DeJohnette on drums and Keith Jarrett (recording for the final time as a sideman) on piano. Despite its length of 40 minutes, it consists of just three songs – Heyoke, Smatter & Gnu Suite – providing each musician the freedom to the music in ...
Recorded in 1983 and released the following year by ECM, Double, Double You sees Wheeler reunited with Miles Davis rhythm section colleagues Jack DeJohnette & Dave Holland whilst adding British pianist John Taylor and American tenor player Michael Brecker. Consisting of 7 Wheeler compositions across four tracks, Ma Bel and W.W are bookended by a 14...
Recorded in Wheeler’s adopted hometown of London and released in 1990 as the first ECM album of the decade, Music for Large & Small Ensembles features a who’s who of the British jazz scene at the time. A rhythm section of John Taylor, Dave Holland Peter Erskine & John Abercrombie support trumpeters Derek Watkins, Henry Lowther, Alan Downey & Ian Ha...
Recorded in Oslo just a few weeks after the Music for Large & Small Ensemble sessions, The Widow in the Window features an unchanged rhythm section of Taylor, Holland, Erskine & Abercrombie, with Kenny Wheeler as the sole horn player. Six Wheeler compositions are on display for this outing, including the wittily-titled Ma belle Hélène – named after...
For this 1997 ECM release (recorded the year before), Kenny Wheeler brings together alto saxophonist Lee Konitz, bassist Dave Holland & guitar player Bill Frisellin the studio for the first time. The unusual drummer-less quartet line up, which features a ‘rhythm section’ of just double bass & guitar, performs more than 1 hour of music across the 9 ...
Towards the end of his life, Kenny Wheeler recorded several albums with independent label Cam Jazz. Perhaps the finest of these is the 2004 session What Now? which features long-time collaborators John Taylor and Dave Holland with relative newcomer Chris Potter on tenor saxophone. The four musicians had met in 2003 on the Canadian jazz festival cir...
Recorded in 2013 and released in 2015 just a few months after his death, this final Kenny Wheeler studio album was perhaps fittingly recorded for ECM at one of the world’s most legendary studios, Abbey Road. Widely acclaimed as a beautiful and poignant farewell from the jazz trumpet great, the album brings together an all-British line up of bassist...
Learn about the life and music of Canadian-born British jazz legend Kenny Wheeler, who recorded more than 25 albums as a bandleader and many more as a sideman. Discover his prolific compositions and collaborations with jazz greats such as Keith Jarrett, Dave Holland and Chris Potter.
Sep 18, 2014 · Explore Kenny Wheeler's discography including top tracks, albums, and reviews. Learn all about Kenny Wheeler on AllMusic.
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May 19, 2015 · The late Kenny Wheeler's stunning compositions and imaginative improvisations on trumpet and flugelhorn left deep impressions on generations of musicians.
