Kenny Wheeler – Gnu High

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Recorded in New York in 1975, ‘Gnu High’ brought Canadian trumpeter Wheeler tonew level of international acclaim, for both his impassioned playing and his rofoundly lyrical writing.

Here Kenny is fronting an extraordinary quartet, with all masterful improvisers ho had shaped their intuitive collective understanding as members of Miles avis’s groups. “What you hear,” says Jack DeJohnette, “is the spontaneity of the moment.” Dave Holland notes that Gnu Hugh “had this wonderful combination of the form and the shape and the harmony of Kenny’s tunes but then this really free way of interpreting them.” The album’s gatefold sleeve includes new liner notes by Kenny’s friend, colleague and biographer Nick Smart.

Recorded June 1975, Generation Sound Studios, New York

Kenny Wheeler: fugelhorn

Keith Jarrett: piano

Dave Holland: double bass

Jack DeJohnette: drums

Tracklist
1. Heyoke
2. ‘Smatter
3. Gnu Suite