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6 unusual facts about Kenny Wheeler


Dick Lövgren

In September 2010, Lövgren was accepted into the Gothenburg Music University to study improvisation and composition with Anders Jormin, the Swedish jazz double bass player, arranger and bandleader who has worked with numerous jazz artists, such as Bobo Stenson, Charles Lloyd, Tomasz Stańko, Don Cherry, Elvin Jones, Gilberto Gil, Lee Konitz, Joe Henderson, Kenny Wheeler and Jon Balke.

Graham Collier

On his return to Britain he founded the first version of an ensemble devoted to his own compositions, Graham Collier Music, which included Kenny Wheeler, Harry Beckett and John Surman, and in later line-ups Karl Jenkins, Mike Gibbs, Art Themen and many other notable musicians.

John Horler

He led his own small groups intermittently during these times, and accompanied John Dankworth and Kenny Wheeler, among others, on record.

John Parricelli

He has worked with Annie Whitehead, Kenny Wheeler, Norma Winstone, Lee Konitz, Paul Motian, Tim Whitehead, Chris Laurence, Eddie Parker, Peter Erskine, Vince Mendoza, Mark Lockheart, Julian Argüelles, Iain Ballamy's Acme, Mark Lockheart Quartet, Andy Sheppard, Gerard Presencer, Colin Towns, Martin Speake Quintet, and Jazz singer Stacey Kent among others.

Laurie Johnson

The recording featured several famous jazz names including Tubby Hayes, Don Lusher, Joe Harriott, Kenny Wheeler and Stan Tracey, as well as the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Sonny Greenwich

Kenny Wheeler/Sonny Greenwich Quintet: Kenny & Sonny live at the Montreal Jazz Festival (Justin Time, 1993/1997)


Carlos Bica

He has also worked with the likes of Portuguese Fado singers Carlos do Carmo, Camané, Cristina Branco, Ana Moura, José Mário Branco, and jazz musicians Ray Anderson, Kenny Wheeler, Aki Takase, Paolo Fresu, Julian Argüelles, Steve Argüelles, Lee Konitz, Mário Laginha, Matthias Schubert, João Paulo Esteves da Silva, Markus Stockhausen, Antonio Pinho Vargas, Alexander von Schlippenbach among others.

Conservatoires UK

The band is co-directed by Mark Donlon and Issie Barratt and has performed world premieres of works by leading jazz composers such as Issie Barratt, Matt Bourne, Kenny Wheeler, Mark Donlon, Julian Joseph, Bob Mintzer, Mike Gibbs and Tim Garland.

Flutter By, Butterfly

Flutter By, Butterfly is an album by the Kenny Wheeler Quintet recorded in 1987 and released on the Soul Note label.

Jennifer Scott

She has also appeared with such jazz luminaries as: Tommy Banks, Don Thompson, Kenny Wheeler, Ed Johnson, Skywalk, and Hugh Fraser.

John Korsrud

He appeared with musicians such as George Lewis, Butch Morris, Barry Guy, Kenny Wheeler, Han Bennink, the NOW Orchestra, the Vancouver Ensemble of Jazz Improvisation and the Duke Ellington Orchestra (under the direction of Paul Ellington).

Ken Stubbs

While living in London Ken Stubbs also played and recorded with Mike Walker, Jeremy Stacey, Gary Husband, Peter Erskine, Kenny Wheeler, John Taylor, Phil Robson, Orlando Le Flemming, Mike Gibbs Orchestra and Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath.

Maria Pia De Vito

Since the 1980s she has been active on the jazz scene as a singer, performing and collaborating with, among others, Huw Warren, Kenny Wheeler, Ralph Towner, Joe Zawinul, Michael Brecker, Steve Turre, and the Art Ensemble of Chicago.

Neufeld-Occhipinti Jazz Orchestra

All five of NOJO’s previous recordings have been JUNO nominated (including the band’s 1995 debut which won the award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album) and its music has intrigued a number of renowned guest soloists including sax great Joe Lovano, trombonist Ray Anderson, trumpeter Kenny Wheeler, and most notably clarinetist Don Byron and the late saxophone giant Sam Rivers, who both recorded and toured with the ensemble.

Shahin Novrasli

Shahin performed with Kenny Wheeler, Uday Mazumdar, Ellison Miller, Nathan Peck, Alex Peck, Matt Zebroski, Jeff Lederer, John Wilcan, Alim Qasimov, Alexander Mashin and other famous musicians.

Tony Malaby

Malaby moved to New York City in 1995 and has played with several notable jazz groups, including Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra, Paul Motian’s Electric Bebop Band, Mark Helias’s Open Loose, Fred Hersch’s Trio + 2 and Walt Whitman project, and bands led by Mario Pavone, Bobby Previte, Tom Varner, Marty Ehrlich, Angelica Sanchez, Mark Dresser, and Kenny Wheeler.

Vortex Jazz Club

Many notable jazz musicians have played at the Vortex, including Last Amendment, F-IRE Collective, Derek Bailey, Kenny Wheeler, Evan Parker, John Etheridge, Tim Berne, Ian Shaw, Lianne Carroll and Django Bates.


see also

Norma Winstone

4 in Perspective (with Fred Hersch, piano, Kenny Wheeler, trumpet & flugelhorn, Paul Clarvis, percussion; recorded 1999; Village Life 00909VL)