Siren's Song
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Artist:
Kenny Wheeler ,
Norma Winstone , and
John Taylor
Label: Justin Time Records
Category: Music
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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
UPC: 068944846528
EAN: 0068944846528
ASIN: B0000021CQ
Release Date: 1996-02-08 |
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Tracks:
- Ticketeeboo
- Little Suite
- Siren's Song
- Winter Sweet
- Heyoke
- Quatorze
- Sumother Song
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Customer Reviews:
A wonderful surprise.......1999-09-09
If you mainly associate Kenny Wheeler with quiet, reflective chamber jazz (such as his wonderful Angel Song album on ECM), you're in for a big surprise with this album. Kenny and frequent collaborators Norma Winstone and John Taylor produce some wild'n'crazy music with a superb university band that swings really, really hard (and plays in tune for good measure). The "Siren" bit appears to be a reference to the way he uses wordless (mostly) female vocals as additional instruments in the band, frequently with breath-taking effect. You might even be reminded of Claude Debussy's use of female voices in his third nocturne for orchestra, subtitled something like "Sirenes". This is a recording I think will remain one of my favorites for a long time, possibly even a candidate for a desert island list.
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