Rest in Peace, Kenny Wheeler

[walt]

Birdy mentioned Gnu High upthread.What a monster cd.Keith Jarrett, who almost never does a sideman gig, made an exception for Kenny Wheeler on Gnu High.Inspired and inspirational music, imo.

[No Pride]

Stop it!

[Hobo Chang Ba]

Sad news.I'm glad he's finally at rest.

I'll spin Anthony Braxton's mid 70's records for Arista that featured Kenny Wheeler,especially Fall-1974 and Five Pieces-1975.These were my introduction to Kenny Wheeler.

Thanks for the music.

R.I.P.

Ditto for me. I think I'll play Five Pieces tonight.

RIP

[Dave (in MA)]

Heard that Mr. Wheeler has passed on this morning.
Apparently there was a "hoax" of sorts, just yesterday, but I believe this morning's news has been confirmed.

Will spin some Kenny Wheeler stuff tonight for sure.

Is this the "hoax"?

That site's a mass media satirical article generator where they serve up articles generated against a database of hundreds of entertainment industry figures. For instance: http://en.mediamass.net/people/robin...ams/alive.html

[proggy_jazzer]

BTW, Wheeler also recorded an album with Michael Brecker, and the same rhythm section as Deer Wan. Double Double You is the title.

Substitute John Taylor on piano for Abercrombie's guitar and this is correct. And it's a really wonderful album.

[mozo-pg]

Birdy mentioned Gnu High upthread.What a monster cd.Keith Jarrett, who almost never does a sideman gig, made an exception for Kenny Wheeler on Gnu High.Inspired and inspirational music, imo.

Have to agree with you there Walt! Sweet.

[PMG4ME]

The track Comba No. 3 on It Takes Two is one I have to listen to alone with eyes shut. Indescribable.

[the winter tree]

I know him from his work on David Sylvian's "Gone To Earth" . R.I.P

[jkelman]

Shit, now I have to scrape together the $$$ for TWO Kenny Wheeler albums.

I’d recommend all of Wheeler’s ECM dates, barring perhaps A Long Time Ago, which wasn’t produced by Eicher and has a terrible piano that’s so bad it actually detracts from the great writing for a wonderful brass ensemble. Taylor once told me he hated it, because I asked if it was a digital piano (sounds like one to me!), he said no, just a really bad piano.

Wheeler’s return to ECM, Songs for Quintet is often unfairly overlooked. I have them all, and barring ALTA, all his ECM dates are terrific:

1975: Gnu High (ECM)
1977: Deer Wan (ECM)
1980: Around 6 (ECM)
1984: Double, Double You (ECM)
1990: Music for Large & Small Ensembles (ECM)
1990: The Widow in the Window (ECM)
1997: Angel Song (ECM)
1999: A Long Time Ago (ECM)

Some additional titles I recommend highly (some I’ve reviewed, if interested you can search at all about jazz):
1988: Flutter By, Butterfly (Soul Note)
1992: Kayak (Ah Um)
1997: All the More (Soul Note) recorded 1993
2003: Dream Sequence (Psi, 1995–2003 [2003])
2005: What Now? (CAM Jazz)
2008: Other People (CAM Jazz) with Hugo Wolf String Quartet featuring John Taylor
2011: One of Many (CAM Jazz) with John Taylor and Steve Swallow
2012: The Long Waiting (CAM Jazz)
2013: Six for Six (CAM Jazz, recorded 2008)
2015: Songs for Quintet (ECM, recorded 2013)
2015: On the Way to Two (CAM Jazz)

Sorry!!!

[jkelman]

That's the opening tune from Deer Wan. If you can only afford one CD, that's a great album!

And for those interested, it’s available as a 24/192 high res download, and completely sparkles.