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░█████▓█████▓██ ▌Artist__│ Kenny Wheeler ██▓█████▓█████░
░████▓▓██▒██▓██ ▌Title___│ Six For Six ██▓█████▓▓████░
░████▓███▒██▓██ ▌Label___│ CAM Jazz ██▓██▒███▓████░
░████▓███▒██▓██ ▌Genre___│ Jazz ██▓██▒███▓████░
░████▓███▒██▓██ ▌Format__│ Album ██▓██▒███▓████░
░████▓███▒██▓██ ▌Year____│ 2013 ██▓██▒███▓████░
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░░████▓█████▓██ ▌Time____│ 57:35 ██▓█████▓████░░
░░░████▓████▓██ ▌Size____│ 138.70 MB ██▓████▓████░░░
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░░ 01. Seven, Eight, Nine (Part 1) 8:15
░░ 02. Canter N. 6 5:04
░░ 03. The Long Waiting 5:52
░░ 04. Four, Five, Six 8:02
░░ 05. Ballad N. 130 7:21
░░ 06. Seven, Eight, Nine (Part 2) 5:30
░░ 07. The Imminent Immigrant 6:53
░░ 08. Upwards 10:38
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░░ When artists move into their eighties, every new album is a gift. It's
░░ difficult enough for any octogenarian musician to maintain his/her game,
░░ but especially horn players, for whom embouchure and breath are so
░░ essential to tone and reach. Six for Six is, however, a curious gift from
░░ expat Canadian trumpeter Kenny Wheeler, who's made Britain his home since
░░ the mid-'50s. Recorded in 2008, it's his first sextet recording since
░░ 2003's Dream Sequenceùand even that album only featured one piece for all
░░ six players. What that really means, then, is that Six for Six is
░░ Wheeler's first real sextet date since 1980's Around 6, and his very
░░ first with a lineup consisting, in addition to his inimitable horn work,
░░ of two saxophones, piano, bass and drums.
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░░ It's a curious program: a full six of its eight tracks were heard just
░░ last year on Wheeler's superb big band outing, The Long Waiting (Cam
░░ Jazz, 2012), but they couldn't be more different, demonstrating just how
░░ malleable Wheeler's charts can be. Recorded in 2011, The Long Waiting,
░░ "Seven, Eight, Nine" was a relatively concise, mid-tempo swinger that
░░ featured just one solo (Wheeler); here, it's broken into two parts spread
░░ across the record. The album-opening "Part 1" opens with a powerful a
░░ cappella intro from drummer Martin France that sets the tone for an album
░░ that's Wheeler's most flat-out incendiary since Double, Double You (ECM,
░░ 1984). Unlike The Long Waiting's mixed meter reading of 7/8, 6/8 and 4/4,
░░ "Part 1" here sticks with a constant 4/4, but at a much brighter clipùand
░░ with plenty more solo space for Wheeler, tenor saxophonist Bobby Wellins
░░ and soprano saxophonist Stan Sulzmann.
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░░ Excising the original's second theme for further extrapolation, "Seven,
░░ Eight, Nine (Part 2)," is taken at a slightly slower pace than "Part 1"
░░ (but still considerably brighter than the big band version) and, while
░░ significantly shorter, still leaves room for impressive solos from
░░ Sulzmann (this time on tenor), Taylor and Wheeler, with Laurence a firm
░░ but pliant anchor and France, once again, playing with fire and
░░ unfettered freedom throughout this bright 6/8 take.
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░░ Wellins is the only new face here, with Sulzmann, pianist John Taylor and
░░ bassist Chris Laurence all longtime Wheeler collaborators; and, although
░░ France only made his first recorded appearance with Wheeler on The Long
░░ Waiting, he's been gigging with the trumpeter for some time, and has been
░░ a member of Taylor's trio since the pianist's superb Angel of the
░░ Presence (Cam Jazz, 2006). Still, with Wellins an alumnus of British
░░ luminaries like Stan Tracey and Tubby Hayes, it's unlikely that this is
░░ the first time he and Wheeler have broken musical bread together. On the
░░ flip side to more powerful tracks like "Upwards," which more closely
░░ mirrors the energy of The Long Waiting's version, albeit with a
░░ significantly altered arrangement, Six for Six's fresh look at "The Long
░░ Waiting," with its spare duo intro from Wheeler and Taylor, is taken at a
░░ slower pace, while the more amiable pulse of the big band's "Four, Five
░░ Six" is deserted here for a shorter version that still manages to squeeze
░░ in another piano/trumpet intro, a fiery rubato exchange between Sulzmann
░░ and Wellins and, finallyùand at a faster clipùspace for concise but high
░░ octane solos from Wellins, Taylor, Wheeler and France.
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░░ It's not just because, with the exception of The Long Waiting, Six for
░░ Six is Wheeler's first Cam Jazz recording to feature a drummerùthough
░░ France certainly lights one heckuva fire underneath his band mates, while
░░ still proving capable of a gentler disposition on more subdued fare like
░░ "Ballad N. 130" and the brighter, but lighter-textured "The Imminent
░░ Immigrant," making its first appearance since Wheeler's quartet date All
░░ the More (Soul Note, 1997). In a career now approaching its sixth decade,
░░ Wheeler's writing has not lost any of the unmistakable lyricism that's
░░ been a defining touchstone since early recordings like the classic Gnu
░░ High (ECM, 1976), but even as he's passed the 83 mark this year,
░░ Wheeler's lost neither his tone nor his remarkable reachùhis closing,
░░ stratospheric note at the end of "Four, Five, Six" being something to
░░ which many trumpeters half his age still aspire.
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░░ Not since Double, Double You has Wheeler released an album as
░░ exhilarating as Six for Six. With a sextet capable of delivering both the
░░ firepower and the poetry, hopefully this won't be another of the one-shot
░░ deals that have defined the rest of Wheeler's nevertheless impressive
░░ discography.
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░░ Personnel: Kenny Wheeler: trumpet, flugelhorn; Stan Sulzmann: tenor and
░░ soprano saxophone; Bobby Wellins: tenor saxophone; John Taylor: piano;
░░ Chris Laurence: bass; Martin France: drums.
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