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  • Disc of the day: 30-10-09

    Kenny Wheeler & Colours of Jazz Orchestra: Nineteen Plus One (Astarte 015948 301838) The Canadian-bo

  • JOHN ABERCROMBIE / KENNY WHEELER BAND

    Kenny Wheeler Quintet_Kenny Wheeler, Trumpet/ John Abercrombie,Guitar/ Peter Erskine, Drums/ John

  • Dave Holland Quintet - Jumpin' In

    This record was my introduction to Dave Holland. At the time I had been playing electric bass for ab

    • Biography Kenny Wheeler

    Kenny Wheeler
    Kenneth Vincent John Wheeler, CC, (born 14th January 1930, Toronto, Canada) is a Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player, based in the U.K. since the 1950s. Most of his output is rooted in jazz, but he has also been active in free improvisation and has occasionally contributed to rock music recordings. Highly respected among his peers for his beautiful tone and extensive range on the trumpet and flugelhorn, Wheeler has written over one hundred compositions and is a skilled arranger for small groups and larger ensembles. His compositions blend lyrical melodies with a distinctive and ever changing harmonic palette. He has recorded some twenty albums as a leader, and has recorded or performed with Dave Holland, John Taylor and Norma Winstone (as Azimuth), Anthony Braxton, Lee Konitz, Keith Jarrett, Theo Jörgensmann Quartet, David Sylvian, Steve Coleman, Spiritualized and the Spontaneous Music Ensemble, among others. Biog

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