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Brian Shaw and Nick Smart - Song for Someone: The Musical Life of Kenny Wheeler
The Jazz Podcast
35 minutes
8 months ago
Brian Shaw and Nick Smart - Song for Someone: The Musical Life of Kenny Wheeler
Send us your thoughts! Trumpeter and composer Kenny Wheeler (1930–2014) was one of the most enigmatic and influential musicians in recent memory. His instantly recognisable sound was a driving force within every major innovation in modern European jazz during the last half of the 20th century. More importantly, his life provides us with a profound example of the way music can manifest itself in the most unlikely of vessels. As a lonely and shy teenager in Canada, he sought refuge from his di...