Song For Someone The Musical Life of Kenny Wheeler Brian Shaw and Nick Smart 509 Pages ISBN: # ISBN-13-978-178179 Equinox Publishing 2025 If only for his trumpet and flugelhorn playing Kenny Wheeler ...

Prising apart the complex nature of Kenny Wheeler is a worthwhile task. Wheeler lacked swagger, a swashbuckling attitude and arrogance. He said, "I don't say much and when I do, I don't say much." He ...

The late Kenny Wheeler's stunning compositions and imaginative improvisations on trumpet and flugelhorn left deep impressions on generations of musicians. Two such devotees — trumpeter Ingrid Jensen ...

The posthumous release of an album recorded 10 years ago showcases the interplay between the late trumpeter Kenny Wheeler and his longtime pianist John Taylor. Critic Kevin Whitehead has a review.

Kenny Wheeler, the London-based trumpeter and composer, died on Sept. 18, 2014 at age 84. His passing provoked an international outpouring of praise for the work of this self-effacing visionary who ...

NEW YORK — Kenny Wheeler — a jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, and composer who was as comfortable improvising with uncompromising avant-gardists like the saxophonist Anthony Braxton as he was writing ...

One of the special elements that exists within the local jazz scene is the event pieced together celebrating a player’s interpretation of one of their musical inspirations. These gigs make for ...

The brilliant trumpeter Kenny Wheeler died yesterday at the age of 84 at a nursing home in London, where the Canadian native had lived for the last six decades. Few jazz musicians shared his ...