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Kenny Wheeler: Gnu High
ByThe Luminessence mission statement is to showcase albums that have "changed perceptions of creative music making." And few would dispute this summation of the first batch of releases (listed below). Some of the albums will be presented in facsimile editions, otherssuch as Gnu Highin gatefold sleeves that include new liner notes.
Made with a quartet completed by pianist

Keith Jarrett
pianob.1945

Dave Holland
bassb.1946

Jack DeJohnette
drumsb.1942
But while others recognized his greatness, Wheeler was always more conscious of imagined weaknesses than he was of his actual strengths. This self-deprecation endured right up until he passed in 2014, informing the character of his melodic, sinewy and resolutely unflashy music. British trumpeter
Nick Smart
trumpetFor we mere mortals, however, jazz rarely gets closer to perfection than it does on Gnu High, and it has never sounded finer than on this Luminessence pressing.

Nana Vasconcelos
percussion1944 - 2016

Jan Garbarek
saxophoneb.1947

Anouar Brahem
oudb.1957

Gary Burton
vibraphoneb.1943

Don Cherry
trumpet1936 - 1995

Dewey Redman
saxophone, tenorb.1931

Charlie Haden
bass, acoustic1937 - 2014

Ed Blackwell
drums1929 - 1992
Track Listing
Heyoke; Smatter; Gnu Suite.
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Album information
Title: Gnu High | Year Released: 2023 | Record Label: ECM Records
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