Kenny Wheeler Tribute
Jez Nelson presents a tribute to the late trumpeter and composer Kenny Wheeler. With archive live performances and tributes from musical colleagues of Wheeler's.
Jazz on 3 remembers trumpeter and composer Kenny Wheeler who sadly passed away just over a week ago, aged 84.
Originally from Toronto, Kenny Wheeler moved to the UK in his early twenties and over the course of a half-decade became one of the most cherished musicians on the British scene. His trademark composition style and haunting horn sound inspired a generation - making his mark through projects ranging from free improvisation with Anthony Braxton, to Azimuth with John Taylor and Norma Winstone, to his famed big band work and recordings for ECM.
John Fordham and Nick Smart join Jez Nelson in the studio to celebrate Kenny Wheeler's life and music, revisiting a number of archive live performances recorded by the 麻豆约拍 over the years. Plus, we hear from many of Wheeler's musical colleagues who join in paying their tributes.
Presenter: Jez Nelson
Producer: Joby Waldman.
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Kenny Wheeler
Sweet Time Suite: Part I - Opening
Composer: Kenny Wheeler
- Music For Large And Small Ensembles.
- ECM.
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Stan Sulzmann on playing with Kenny Wheeler at last year's London Jazz Festival
Kenny Wheeler Quintet recorded for Jazz on 3 at The Clore Ballroom, Southbank Centre, London at the 2013 London Jazz Festival
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Line up: Kenny Wheeler (trumpet); Stan Sulzmann (tenor saxophone); John Taylor (piano);
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Chris Laurence (double bass); Jim Hart (drums)
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Kenny Wheeler Quintet
A Pretty Lidl Waltz
Composer: Kenny Wheeler
Norma Winstone and Stan Sulzmann on Kenny's Wheeler's writing
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Kenny Wheeler
Sweet Time Suite: Part VI - Consolation
Composer: Kenny Wheeler
- Music For Large And Small Ensembles.
- ECM.
Kenny Wheeler Orchestra in session for 麻豆约拍 Jazz in Britain Series in 1976
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Line up: (see below)
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Kenny Wheeler Orchestra
Old Ballad
Composer: Kenny Wheeler
Globe Unity Orchestra recorded Live In Wuppertal in 1973
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Line up: (See Below)
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Globe Unity Orchestra
Yarrak
Composer: Alexander Von Schlippenbach
- Live In Wupertal.
- FMP.
Manfred Eicher on Kenny Wheeler's tone
Kenny Wheeler's 'Angel Song Quartet' recorded for Jazz on 3 at the Barbican, London in 1999
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Line up: Kenny Wheeler (trumpet); Lee Konitz (alto saxophone); Bill Frisell (guitar); Dave Holland (double bass)
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Kenny Wheeler
Angel Song
Composer: Kenny Wheeler
Kenny Wheeler Quintet recorded for Jazz on 3 at Bath Festival in 2002
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Line up: Mark Feldman (violin); Kenny Wheeler (trumpet); John Taylor (piano); Chris Laurence (bass); Adam Nussbaum (drums)
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Kenny Wheeler Quintet
Kind Folk
Composer: Kenny Wheeler
Darcy James Argue on Music for Large and Small Ensembles
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Kenny Wheeler
Sweet Time Suite: Part I - Opening
Composer: Kenny Wheeler
- Music For Large And Small Ensembles.
- ECM.
Gwilym Simcock on his first encounters performing with Kenny Wheeler
Kenny Wheeler's 75th Birthday Concert recorded for Jazz on 3 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London in 2005
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Line up: (see below)
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Kenny Wheeler Big Band
Long Suite 2005
Composer: Kenny Wheeler
Kenny Wheeler's final recording on ECM
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Line up: Kenny Wheeler (flugelhorn); Stan Sulzmann (tenor saxophone); John Parricelli (guitar);
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Chris Laurence (double bass); Martin France (drums)
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Kenny Wheeler
Seventy Six
Composer: Kenny Wheeler
- Unreleased / Forthcoming.
- ECM.
Large Ensemble Line Ups:
Kenny Wheeler Orchestra in session for 麻豆约拍 Jazz in Britain Series in 1976
Kenny Wheeler - trumpet / flugelhorn聽
Dave Hancock - conductor
Norma Winstone - voice
John Horler - piano
Chris Laurence - double bass聽
Bryan Spring - drums
Tony Coe - alto saxophone
Art Themen - tenor saxophone
Brian Smith - tenor saxophone
Baritone Sax - baritone saxophone
Ian Hamer - trumpet
Jim Brown - french horn
Stephen Wick - tuba
Dave Horler - trombone
Bill Geldard - trombone
Globe Unity Orchestra recorded Live In Wuppertal in 1973
Kenny Wheeler - trumpet聽
Manfred Schoof - trumpet聽
Peter Bennink - alto saxophone, bagpipes聽
Peter Br枚tzmann - alto, tenor & bass saxophone聽
Gerd Dudek - tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute聽
Evan Parker - soprano & tenor saxophone聽
Michel Pilz - bass clarinet, flute, baritone saxophone聽
G眉nter Christmann - trombone聽
Paul Rutherford - trombone聽
Peter Kowald - tuba, alphorn聽
Alexander von Schlippenbach - piano聽
Buschi Niebergall - double bass聽
Paul Lovens - drums聽
Kenny Wheeler's 75th Birthday Concert recorded for Jazz on 3 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London in 2005
Kenny Wheeler - trumpet
Hugh Fraser - conductor
Norma Winstone - voice
Gwilym Simcock - piano
John Parricelli - guitar
Dave Holland - double bass
Martin France - drums
Lee Konitz - alto saxophone
Evan Parker - tenor saxophone
Julian Arguelles - saxophones
Duncan Lamont - saxophone
Stan Sulzmann - saxophone
Ray Warleigh - saxophone
John Barclay - trumpet
Ian Hamer - trumpet
Henry Lowther - trumpet
Derek Watkins - trumpet
Gordon Campbell - trombone
Barnaby Dickinson - trombone
Richard Henry - trombone
Mark Nightingale - trombone
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Photo by Patrick Hinely (courtesy of ECM)聽taken during the Angel Song session in New York, February 1996Kenny Wheeler and Stan Sulzmann
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In concert for Jazz on 3 at Ronnie Scott's, London in 2010Broadcast
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