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Gnu High
Studio album by
Released1976
RecordedJune 1975
StudioGeneration Sound Studios, New York
GenreJazz
Length40:36
LabelECM
1069
ProducerManfred Eicher
Kenny Wheeler chronology
Song for Someone
(1973)
Gnu High
(1976)
Ensemble Fusionaire
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Gnu High is an LP by Canadian trumpeter Kenny Wheeler featuring Keith Jarrett, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette recorded in 1975 and released on the ECM label in 1976.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos calls the album "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".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Kenny Wheeler.

  1. "Heyoke" – 21:56
  2. "Smatter" – 6:01
  3. "Gnu Suite" – 12:49

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Allmusic Review
  2. ^ Nastos, M. G. Allmusic Review accessed September 7, 2009