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My Favorite Albums: 1997
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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. And on
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Manufacturer: Ecm Records
Release date: 11 February 1997
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0781182160729 UPC: 781182160729
Release date: 11 February 1997
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0781182160729 UPC: 781182160729
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My Favorite Albums: 1997 (20 music items)