Kenny Wheeler News

When flautist/composer Jamie Baum releases a new album, many modern jazz aficionados take notice.

Practice brings one closer to perfection. British singer Norma Winstone has enjoyed a very prolific 35-plus year career that has been divided among a number of recording labels.

Flutist Jamie Baum's music is a little larger than it seems -- in several ways. Her septet sometimes grows in size, and her music ranges from forward-looking jazz to semi-formal explorations of thematic ideas.

Nostalgia is a good thing. Who has not experienced some sort of catharsis through the unexpected surging of special, tender memories? Time stops.

Enrico Pieranunzi / Marc Johnson / Joey Baron, Featuring Kenny Wheeler Cam Jazz Pianist Enrico Pieranunzi isn't the only artist influenced by Kenny Wheeler's classic Gnu High . via All About Jazz

Kenny Wheeler, the great expat Canadian trumpeter and composer, once said he had always liked losers. via MediaGuardian.co.uk

The Toronto Art Orchestra is doing it again to rave reviews!! Tim Booth's Toronto Art Orchestra TAO will perform at the Rex Hotel Sun. via All About Jazz

“Sometimes I throw sound around the band like paint and other times I play and feel as if I was carving silence like a sculptor.”

Google Image Results Poster Art Website Calendar Comments Biography Soprano saxophonist/composer Jane Ira Bloom has been steadfastly developing her unique voice on the soprano saxophone for over 30 years. via All About Jazz

Andy Sheppard / John Parricelli Provocateur Records Sometimes artists are better known for the company they keep than their own work. via All About Jazz

Pianist John Taylor is one of a handful of people who have defined the sound of both British and European jazz, typically through his work as a sideman or collaborator. via MediaGuardian.co.uk

Since moving to the Italian Cam Jazz label after over thirty years with ECM, trumpeter Kenny Wheeler has experimented more liberally with context. via All About Jazz

For his follow-up to the remarkable Angel of the Presence , John Taylor continues to mine the strong chemistry between himself, bassist Palle Danielsson and drummer Martin France. via All About Jazz

Even with the internet's global reach, albums are sometimes unfairly overlooked, with John Parricelli's superb 2000 release Alba one that deserved to push this British guitarist into the international ... via All About Jazz