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Kenny Wheeler: All the More
by Robert Spencer
Kenny Wheeler's gorgeous trumpet anchors these tracks, but also attracting attention here is the understated beauty and subtle adventurousness of John Taylor's piano. With that kind of combination in his playing, Taylor is a perfect match for Wheeler, who has straddled a few divides in his time. Much of this disc features the ethereal ECM-ish music Wheeler has made his trademark, but some of it harks back to Wheeler's earlier days as a pillar of the English “free music" scene ...
Continue ReadingKenny Wheeler: A Long Time Ago
by C. Andrew Hovan
There are very few major artists who, like Kenny Wheeler, have the ironic misfortune of being simultaneously revered and ignored. Talk to any astute jazz musician and Wheeler's name is likely to be held in high esteem, yet the record- buying public still has scarcely a clue as to how valuable this 69-year-old trumpeter has been to music over the past several decades. His projects for ECM are regarded as highlights of the entire catalog, not to mention being some ...
Continue ReadingJohn Abercrombie: Open Land
by C. Andrew Hovan
Truth be told, John Abercrombie has always been one of the more neglected players of his generation. He's never done the more commercial types of things that have brought fellow guitarists like Pat Metheny a broader audience base, and yet the irony is that his adventurous style and sound was the forerunner of such current underground favorites as Kurt Rosenwinkel, Bill Frisell, and Ben Monder. Several years ago, however, he chose to work in the context of an organ trio. ...
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