Wheeler, Kenny - Live '71: The Kenny Wheeler Big Band & Friends CD
SKU
26-BPJSTC 018
Kenny Wheeler - trumpet & flugelhorn
Mike Osborne - alto saxophone
David Horler - trombone
Tony Roberts - tenor saxophone
Ian Hamer - trumpet
Greg Bowen - trumpet
Dave Hancock - trumpet
Bobby Lamb - trombone
Keith Christie - trombone
Pete Harvey - trombone
Alfie Reece - tuba
Alan Branscombe - piano
John Taylor - electric piano
Ron Mathewson - double bass
Tony Oxley - drums & percussion
with guest appearances by:
Evan Parker - tenor saxophone (track 4)
Chris Pyne - trombone (track 4)
Norma Winstone - voice (track 2)
Did YOU know that Kenny was leading an excellent, progressive-minded big-band in 1971? I certainly did not.
The playing is top notch (look at that BAND!), the compositions are great, as Kenny’s always were, and ... well damn, you need this.
“Recorded live in London on the 24th May 1971. Previously unreleased. Stereophonic sound. Currently the earliest known recording of Kenny Wheeler leading his own big band.”
- LabelBritish Progressive Jazz
- UPC5050580804968