(ECM, Post-Bop, Avant-garde) Kenny Wheeler - Gnu High - 1976, FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Kenny Wheeler - Gnu High Жанр: ECM, Post-Bop, Avant-garde Год выпуска диска: 1976 Аудио кодек: FLAC Тип рипа: tracks+.cue Битрейт аудио: lossless Продолжительность: 40:47 Трэклист: 01. Heyoke 02. Smatter 03. Gnu Suite Доп. информация: Kenny Wheeler fluegelhorn Keith Jarrett piano Dave Holland bass Jack DeJohnette drums All composed by Kenny Wheeler Recorded June 1975 ECM 1069   ECM review “Gnu High” was trumpeter/flugelhornist Kenny Wheeler’s first for ECM, and Keith Jarrett’s last session as a sideman: both deliver astonishing improvisations in a highly interactive quartet with Holland and DeJohnette, and Wheeler’s writing is captivating. This album is part of the ECM TOUCHSTONES series: Great music and full-dimensional sound at download price, in cardboard covers with original artwork.     AMG review When Kenny Wheeler expatriated from his native Canada to England, it was not headline news. But upon the release of Gnu High, he became a contemporary jazz figure to be recognized, revered and admired. Playing the flugelhorn exclusively for this, his ECM label debut, Wheeler's mellifluous tones and wealth of ideas came to full fruition. Whether chosen in collaboration with label boss Manfred Eicher or by Wheeler alone, picking pianist Keith Jarrett, bassist Dave Holland and drummer Jack DeJohnette was a stroke of genius. They support the elongated and extended notions of Wheeler's in many real and important ways. What is also extant is a sense of self-indulgence, real for listeners with short attention spans. "Heyoke" is such a piece rife for this discussion at nearly 22 minutes. This lilting waltz is at once atmospheric and soulful, a fairly fresh and inventive style turned more dramatic near the finish of this magnum opus. It's all fueled by the reinvented swing of DeJohnette. Jarrett's vocal whining is kept in check, as his pretty pianistics buoy Wheeler's notions in Zen inspired time and eventually no time improvisations. "Gnu Suite" is similarly rendered in an unforced 4/4 rhythm, but Wheeler is more animated. There's a plus-plus solo from Holland before the group merges into a floating and flowing discourse again in free time. The special track is "Smatter" and at just under six minutes works better, not only for radio airplay, but also in its concise melodic construct by means of the regal and happy persona Wheeler portrays. Pure melody and a repeated anchoring seven-note phrase insert sets this tune apart from the rest. It also clearly identifies the warm and cool stance only Wheeler wields, making seemingly simple music deep and profound. Certainly this was an auspicious starting point, albeit long winded, for a magical performer whose sound and smarts captured the imagination of so many fellow musicians and listeners from this point onward. -Michael G. Nastos-     Отчёт EAC Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 5 from 4. May 2009 EAC extraction logfile from 4. August 2009, 0:26 Kenny Wheeler / Gnu High Used drive : ASUS DRW-20B1ST Adapter: 3 ID: 0 Read mode : Secure Utilize accurate stream : Yes Defeat audio cache : Yes Make use of C2 pointers : No Read offset correction : 6 Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000 Gap handling : Appended to previous track Used output format : User Defined Encoder Selected bitrate : 768 kBit/s Quality : High Add ID3 tag : No Command line compressor : C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\FLAC\FLAC.EXE Additional command line options : -6 -V -T "ARTIST=%a" -T "TITLE=%t" -T "ALBUM=%g" -T "DATE=%y" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%n" -T "GENRE=%m" -T "COMMENT=%e" %s -o %d TOC of the extracted CD Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector --------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 0:00.00 | 21:56.62 | 0 | 98761 2 | 21:56.62 | 6:01.15 | 98762 | 125851 3 | 27:58.02 | 12:49.10 | 125852 | 183536 Track 1 Filename I:\Torrent\Раздачи\Kenny Wheeler - Gnu High (1976) [FLAC]\01. Heyoke.wav Pre-gap length 0:00:02.00 Peak level 80.8 % Track quality 100.0 % Test CRC 81BCAD7C Copy CRC 81BCAD7C Copy OK Track 2 Filename I:\Torrent\Раздачи\Kenny Wheeler - Gnu High (1976) [FLAC]\02. Smatter.wav Pre-gap length 0:00:06.42 Peak level 74.5 % Track quality 100.0 % Test CRC C1CF5E04 Copy CRC C1CF5E04 Copy OK Track 3 Filename I:\Torrent\Раздачи\Kenny Wheeler - Gnu High (1976) [FLAC]\03. Gnu Suite.wav Pre-gap length 0:00:02.32 Peak level 77.9 % Track quality 100.0 % Test CRC A6F2BAA0 Copy CRC A6F2BAA0 Copy OK No errors occurred End of status report Рип чужой