Kenny Wheeler


Kenneth Vincent John Wheeler, OC (14 January 1930 – 18 September 2014) was a Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player, based in the U.K. from the 1950s onwards. 
Most of his performances were rooted in jazz, but he was also active in free improvisation and occasionally contributed to rock music recordings. Wheeler wrote over one hundred compositions and was a skilled arranger for small groups and large ensembles.
Wheeler was the patron of the Royal Academy Junior Jazz course.



Jazz trumpeter and flügelhornist Kenny Wheeler was one of the most advanced voices on his instrument. Blessed with a full, lovely tone and an astounding range, Wheeler sounded equally at home in fiery free jazz explorations or softer, more lyrical post-bop meditations. Wheeler was born in 1930 in Toronto, Ontario, and began playing trumpet at age 12. After studying at Toronto's Royal Conservatory, he moved to London in 1952, where he gigged with swing and dance bands. He appeared with John Dankworth's orchestra at the 1959 Newport Festival and remained with that group until 1965. In 1966, Wheeler discovered free jazz, and, fascinated, joined John Stevens' Spontaneous Music Ensemblefor the next four years. In addition, he played jazz-rock fusion with the Mike Gibbs Orchestra from 1969-1975, and joined Tony Oxley's sextet (along with free jazz giants like Derek Bailey and Evan Parker) from 1969-1972. Through the latter, Wheeler was invited to join German pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach's groundbreaking free jazz big band the Globe Unity Orchestra in 1970, an association Wheeler maintained for years to come.
 During the first half of the '70s, Wheeler played with Anthony Braxton, which became his primary focus. In 1975, he signed with the ECM label and recorded the well-received Gnu High, which established him as a solo artist of note; the following year, he left Braxton and joined the trio Azimuth. Wheelerturned out a series of excellent ECM albums, including 1977's Deer Wan and 1983's Double, Double You (that year, Wheeler also began a four-year run with the Dave Holland Quintet). Several more generally fine outings followed in the '90s, including the ECM dates Music for Large and Small Ensembles and The Widow in the Window (both recorded in 1990), plus other recordings for Justin Time and Soul Note later in the decade. During the 2000s and 2010s, he recorded several dates for CAM Jazz, including 2008's Other People with the Hugo Wolf String Quartet and 2011's One of Many with Steve Swallow. Wheeler died on September 18, 2014 after a brief illness. His final studio session, the Manfred Eicher-produced Songs for Quintet, was released in 2015 on what would have been Wheeler's 85th birthday

(Artist Biography by Steve Huey)

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Kenny Wheeler - Everybody's Song But My Own 

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Kenny Wheeler Quartet - Nicollette-Present Past 

Kenny Wheeler - Kayak

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Dave Holland, Bill Frisell, Lee Konitz, Kenny Wheeler-Love Theme From

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Dave Holland, Bill Frisell, Lee Konitz, Kenny Wheeler-Comba

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 Dave Holland, Bill Frisell, Lee Konitz, Kenny Wheeler-My New Hat



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Kind Folk - Lee Konitz / Kenny Wheeler Quartet

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Kenny Wheeler & John Taylor - Where do we go from here

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Kenny Wheeler Big Band: The Long Waiting

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Kenny Wheeler Big Band: Four, Five, Six

 All That Jazz Don Kaart

Kenny Wheeler - Windmill Tilter ( Full Album ) 

 00:00 [1] Preamble 00:42 [2] Don the Dreamer 07:03 [3] Sweet Dulcinea Blue 10:47 [4] Bachelor Sam 16:11 [5] Sancho 20:57 [6] The Cave of Montesinos 25:44 [7] Propheticape 28:12 [8] Altisidora 32:29 [9] Don No More (Kaart, not Quixote)
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Flugelhorn, Composed By – Kenny Wheeler
Guitar – John McLaughlin
Percussion – Tristan Fry (# 1, 2, 4 to 6, 8, 9)
Piano – Alan Branscombe (# 1, 2, 4 to 6, 8, 9), Bob Cornford (#1, 2, 4 to 6, 8, 9)
Saxophone – John Dankworth (# 1, 2, 4 to 6, 8, 9), Ray Swinfield (# 1, 2, 4 to 6, 8, 9), Tony Robert (# 1, 2, 4 to 6, 8, 9)
Saxophone, Clarinet – Tony Coe
Trombone – Chris Pyne (# 1, 2, 4 to 6, 8, 9), Mike Gibbs (# 1, 2, 4 to 6, 8, 9)
Trumpet – Derek Watkins (# 1, 2, 4 to 6, 8, 9), Henry Shaw (# 1, 2, 4 to 6, 8, 9), Henry Lowther (# 1, 2, 4 to 6, 8, 9), Les Condon (# 1, 2, 4 to 6, 8, 9)
Tuba – Alf Reece (# 1, 2, 4 to 6, 8, 9), Dick Hart (# 1, 2, 4 to 6, 8, 9)

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Who Are You Kenny Wheeler



 Ellen Ripley

 Kenny Wheeler & Norma Winstone - Mirrors

 A1 Humpty Dumpty 5:23
A2 The Broken Heart 3:58 A3 The Hat 3:59 A4 Black March 7:48 B1 Breughel 5:57 B2 The Lover Mourns 5:36 B3 Tweedledum 8:37 
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Flugelhorn – Kenny Wheeler
Saxophone – Mark Lockheart
Piano – Nikki Iles
Double Bass – Steve Watts
Drums – James Maddren
Vocals – Norma Winstone

 Soprano Vocals – Fini Bearman, Hannah Berry, Helen Burnett , Jenni Thompson, Jessica Berry , Joanna Richards, Katie Butler
Alto Vocals – Andi Hopgood, Chloe Potter, Clara Green, Emma Smith (5), Emmy Urquhart, Mishka Adams, Nikki Franklin, Paola Bottomley
Tenor Vocals – Adam Saunders, Brendan Dowse, Richard Lake, Sam Chaplin, Tommy Antonio
Bass Vocals – Andrew Woolf (2), Ben Barritt, Kwabena Adjepong, Pat Bamber, Pete Churchill
Ensemble – London Vocal ProjectDirected By – Pete Churchill

 Recorded at Red Gables Studio, London on 4th - 8th June 2012.

 All That Jazz Don Kaart 

 Kenny Wheeler & Bob Brookmeyer - Islands ( Full Album )

 00:00 [1] Before the First Time
07:55 [2] 114 13:07 [3] Where Do We Go from Here? 20:52 [4] Song for Kenny 30:35 [5] Upstairs with Beatrice 37:57 [6] Island 47:44 [7] Strange One 
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Kenny Wheeler - trumpet, flugelhorn Bob Brookmeyer - trombone Frank Carlberg - piano Jeremy Allen - bass John Hollenbeck - drums



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Kenny Wheeler & Jürgen Friedrich Quartet-Summerflood

 Inner Garden 11:21
  Summerflood 12:37
 Light In Green 5:42
  Opal 7:14
  Baghira 10:46
  The Right Mistake 5:29
  My Shy I 5:42
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Arranged By – Jürgen Friedrich
Bass – Volker Heinze
Composed By – Jürgen Friedrich
Drums – Darren Beckett
Flugelhorn – Kenny Wheeler
Mixed By – Carlos Albrecht
Piano – Jürgen Friedrich
Producer – Jürgen Friedrich
Recorded By – Carlos Albrecht
Soprano Saxophone – Claudius Valk

Tenor Saxophone – Claudius Valk