Kenny Wheeler - The Widow In The Window
Artist: Kenny Wheeler Quintet
Title:The Widow In The Window
Label: ECM 1417
CD-Details: Orig Year 1990
CD 1
Genre: Jazz
Style: Post-Bop, Guitar Jazz, Jazz Contemporary, Trumpet Jazz,
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Tracks
Aspire
Ma Belle Hélène
The Widow In The Window
Ana
Hotel Le Hot
Now, And Now Again
Personnel
Kenny Wheeler (trumpet, flugelhorn);
John Taylor (piano);
John Abercrombie (guitar);
Dave Holland (acoustic bass);
Peter Erskine (drums)
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Bio
Kenneth Vincent John Wheeler, OC (born 14 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. Wheeler has written over one hundred compositions and is a skilled arranger for small groups and larger ensembles.
He has recorded twenty albums as a leader, and has recorded or performed with Paul Gonsalves, Dave Holland, John Taylor and Norma Winstone (as Azimuth), Anthony Braxton, Lee Konitz, Keith Jarrett, Theo Jörgensmann Quartet, David Sylvian, Bill Bruford, Steve Coleman, Don Thompson, Spiritualized and the Spontaneous Music Ensemble, among others.
Growing up in Toronto, Wheeler began playing cornet at age 12, and became interested in jazz in his mid-teens. Wheeler spent a year studying composition at the Royal Conservatory in Toronto in 1950. In 1952, Wheeler moved to Britain. He found his way into the London jazz scene of the time, playing in groups led by Tommy Whittle, Tubby Hayes, and Ronnie Scott. In the late 1950s, he was a member of Buddy Featherstonhaugh's quintet together with Bobby Wellins. Throughout the Sixties, he worked with John Dankworth, and also formed part of (Eric Burdon and) The Animals Big Band that made its one-and-only public appearance at the 5th Annual British Jazz & Blues Festival in Richmond (1965) with tenors Stan Robinson, Dick Morrissey and Al Gay, baritone sax Paul Carroll, and fellow trumpets Ian Carr and Greg Brown. In 1968, Wheeler appeared on guitarist Terry Smith's first solo album, Fall Out. Kenny Wheeler still lives in Britain today and is the patron of the Royal Academy Junior Jazz course.
[edit] Writing for large ensembles
Kenny Wheeler has performed and recorded his own compositions with large jazz ensembles throughout his career, starting with his first album Windmill Tilter, (1969), recorded with the John Dankworth band. The Windmill Tilter LP today is a collector's item, since the original master tapes have been lost. A digitally remastered (by Andrew Thompson at Sound Performance, London) CD is being released by BGO records BGOCD944 in September 2010. The big band album Song for Someone, (1973, Incus10) fused Wheeler's characteristic orchestral writing with passages of free improvisation provided by musicians such as Evan Parker and Derek Bailey, and was also named Album of the Year by Melody Maker magazine in 1975. This has subsequently been reissued on CD by Evan Parker's Psi label (psi 04.01)
[edit] Improvised music
In the mid-1960s, Wheeler became a close participant in the nascent free improvisation movement in London, playing with John Stevens, Evan Parker, the Spontaneous Music Ensemble and the Globe Unity Orchestra. His involvement in this genre continues to this day.
[edit] Small group jazz
Despite the above-noted accomplishments, much of Wheeler's reputation rests on his work with smaller jazz groups. Wheeler's first small group recordings to gain significant critical attention were Gnu High (1975) and Deer Wan (1977), both for the ECM label. Gnu High is one of the few albums ever to feature Keith Jarrett as a sideman since his Tenure with Charles Lloyd.
Wheeler was the trumpet player in the Anthony Braxton Quartet from 1971 to 1976; and from 1977 he was also a member of chamber jazz group Azimuth (with John Taylor and Norma Winstone).
More recently, Wheeler received widespread critical praise for his 1997 album Angel Song, which featured an unusual "drummerless" quartet of Bill Frisell (guitar), Dave Holland (bass) and Lee Konitz (alto sax).
[edit] Critical reaction
"The Wheeler sound is one of the most distinctive in the history of the jazz trumpet. A thin, overblown note is followed by a florid flurry, the high squeal by a long low note he rolls around his mouth like a chewy mint. Although his phrases are bordered, like blotting paper in ink, with romanticism, the comforting phrase is superseded by the querulous, a moment of tenderness by a scream of panic. He has his trademark tics, but is incapable of producing a hackneyed phrase. Like words from a prophet, every note counts."
- Sholto Byrnes in The Independent, 20 August 2002 (quoted on guitarist John Parricelli's website)
review
My favourite CD, ever. Very rarely has a jazz quintet played with such inspiration, depth and interplay. Beautiful compositions by Kenny Wheeler (his concept of "de-composing", illustrated in the booklet, is really appealing!), astonishing solos, incredible rhythm section. Dave Holland (bass) performs at his best (listen to him in "Ana"), John Abercrombie (guitar) is a real volcano, and it's incredible how many colors Peter Erskine can put in just a single touch of his cymbals. John Taylor (piano) is marvellous, and Kenny's flugelhorn solos are the perfect expression of a talented player who adsorbed the lessons of the past and has created a unique style. "The Widow in the Window" (Kenny loves puns!) is a must-have, not only for the jazz listeners. It's Music, simply.
