Wheeler, Kenny / Konitz, Lee / Holland, Dave / Frisel: Angel Song (ECM Luminessence Series) (Vinyl LP)

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Kenny Wheeler is among the most lyrically commanding yet daring of modern trumpeters. There's a palpable ease of execution, and a poignant human quality, to his distinctive timbre, as on the title tune where his fluttering descents into the lower register, the cracked yet powerful vocal inflections, and the sudden emission of high harmonics suggest a whistling column of air slowly leaking from a balloon. And from the moody Spanish tinge of Present Past to the raga-ish Nordic gravity of Unti, alto player Lee Konitz matches Wheeler's lyric ease with a singing sound and rhythmic buoyancy all his own. Nicolette, Present Past, Kind Folk, Unti, Angel Song, Onmo, Nonetheless, Past Present, Kind Of Gentle Show more