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Although resident in England since 1952 and often thought to be an English musician, Kenny Wheeler was born in Canada in 1930. He began playing in his hometown of St. Catherines, encouraged by his father, a trombonist. His formal studies include composition with Rodney Bennett and William Russo. His earliest influences included Buck Clayton and Roy Eldrige but, by the time he left for London, he was looking towards bebop, Miles Davis and Fats Navarro particularly. After his arrival in London, Wheeler balanced commercial dance band work with gigs alongside modernists like Joe Harriott and Ronnie Scott, and in 1959 joined the Johnny Dankworth band in time for their breakthrough Newport Jazz Festival appearance
Jumpin' In: Inside the World of Dave Holland - Part 3
by Ludovico Granvassu
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 As Dave Holland turns 80, we celebrate a career that has kept jazz in constant motion for six decades. Enjoy this playlist that highlights his interest in other music genres, and his special relationship with guitar players. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison ...
A Dave Holland Primer
by Ludovico Granvassu
Here is an audio-companion to Points of View: Celebrating Dave Holland. The playlist contains songs by, or featuring, Dave Holland, selected by those who contributed to that article. It's actually a quite interesting thing to see who selected what (click on the above link and under each individual contribution the selected song is listed).
Christian Finger: Zeit Zirkel
by Mike Jurkovic
Whether German-born, New York based drummer/composer Christian Finger (Lee Konitz, Ron Carter, Donny McCaslin) is well known within this circle or that circle holds no bearing on the shape of things and the highs heard on Zeit Zirkel. Making peace with grief and rooted in resilience, space, and spirit, the music makes its way through our ...
A Language of His Own: Bill Frisell on Dave Holland
by Ludovico Granvassu
As part of our Celebration of Dave Holland, we invited Bill Frisell to share a few thoughts about a musician who has been an important part of his musical world for decades. Bill had rather a lot to say, and it seemed a shame to stop at a few thoughts. So, rather than squeezing ...
Dave Holland: Freedom Call
by Angelo Leonardi
On the occasion of Dave Holland's 80th birthday, Edition Records releases Freedom Call, a box set comprising six LPs and three CDs, also available for streaming, bringing together previously unreleased live recordings by three pivotal formations in his career: the sextet with Mulgrew Miller, Alex Sipiagin, Antonio Hart, Robin Eubanks and Eric Harland; the quintet with ...
Sketches Of Spain Or Somethin' Else
by Mike Raggett
The Morning After It's the 1970s, the days before satnav, cell phones and Google Maps. I'm an Englishman working in Spain. I'm a training supervisor for a major motor manufacturer, so I have to travel around a lot, visiting garages--I don't think we called them dealerships in those days--to talk to sales staff about dealing with ...
Dave Holland: Freedom Call
by Angelo Leonardi
In occasione dell'ottantesimo compleanno di Dave Holland, la Edition Records pubblica Freedom Call, un cofanetto di sei LP, tre CD e in streaming, che riunisce inediti live di tre formazioni fondamentali della sua carriera: il sestetto con Mulgrew Miller, Alex Sipiagin, Antonio Hart, Robin Eubanks ed Eric Harland, la formazione che aveva inciso Pass It On; ...
Max Ionata Special Edition: Tivoli
by Neri Pollastri
Da anni residente in nordeuropa, il sassofonista Max Ionata presenta questo suo ultimo lavoro alla testa di un classico quartetto di musicisti scandinavi. Classico è anche lo stile musicale, in un programma per metà fatto di omaggi e per metà di originali, uno dei quali a firma del da noi più noto componente del ...
John Donaldson: We Were Together, I Forget the Rest
by Neil Duggan
Pianist John Donaldson reunites an exceptional cast of long-time collaborators for We Were Together, I Forget the Rest, a deeply personal album written in memory of his late wife, Agatha Coffey. The musicians featured on the recording represent relationships forged across Donaldson's five-decade career. Vocalists Norma Winstone and Rebecka Edlund are joined by drummer Jeff ...
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