A Musical Tribute to Kenny Wheeler

Publicat in: 30.03.2015, 06:05AM
Autor: Richard Constantinidi
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Etichete: Geoffrey Keezer, Ingrid Jensen, Jon Wikan, Kenny Wheeler, Martin Wind, Steve Treseler, Tribute To Kenny Wheeler

A new album featuring Ingrid Jensen, Steve Treseler, Geoffrey Keezer, Martin Wind, and Jon Wikan

**UPDATE**

We had an exhilarating week in Seattle recording at Robert Lang Studios and playing two packed shows at The Royal Room! A crew from NPR's Jazz Night In America flew out to film and record the shows for a national broadcast and webcast later this spring. Jim Wilke featured the live performances on Jazz Northwest this week, you can listen to the podcast here.

We captured some great music in the studio and can't wait to share it with all of you. We are close to reaching our fundraising goal to finish this record. Your contributions will go toward paying our stellar band, studio fees. mixing and mastering. Thank you for helping us honor and celebrate Kenny's life and legacy of music.

Peace and gratitude,

-Steve and Ingrid

We launched this project to honor and celebrate the life, legacy, and music of the great jazz trumpeter and composer Kenny Wheeler who left us last year. His stunning compositions and imaginative improvisations have left deep impressions on generations of musicians and listeners. This project is led by Seattle-based saxophonist Steve Treseler and NYC-based trumpeter Ingrid Jensen. Read Ingrid's tribute to Kenny on Ethan Iverson's blog "Do the Math."

For those of you who would like an introduction to Kenny's music, his most critically acclaimed albums on ECM are among his best:

Gnu High, featuring Keith Jarrett (his last record as a sideman), Dave Holland, and Jack DeJohnette
Music for Large and Small Ensembles, featuring his brilliant large ensemble writing
Angel Song, featuring Lee Konitz, Bill Frisell, Dave Holland

We will be recording with a stellar band:

Ingrid Jensen - trumpet
Steve Treseler - tenor saxophone
Katie Jacobson - voice
Geoffrey Keezer - piano
Martin Wind - bass
Jon Wikan - drums

This project features our own interpretations of Kenny's music, original pieces dedicated to Kenny, and spontaneous free improvisations. We hosted tribute concerts for Kenny Wheeler at The Royal Room in Seattle earlier this month. NPR's Jazz Night In America, hosted by Christian McBride will feature our live performances on a national broadcast and webcast later this spring.

We recorded at the legendary Robert Lang Studio in Seattle, are turning to you to help us release this album. Your contributions will go toward paying the band, studio rental, mixing and mastering. Sponsors of the project can pre-order the album, commission compositions, hang with the band in the studio and more.

Steve and Ingrid's 2014 collaboration Center Song was named one of the "Best Albums of 2014" by DownBeat magazine (read the four-star review here) and has been featured nationally on NPR and Jazz After Hours.