Ken Wheeler & The John Dankworth Orchestra - Windmill Tilter: The Story Of Don Quixote (1969) [Reissue 2010]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 238 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 97 MB | Covers - 3 MB
Genre: Jazz, Post-Bop, Big Band | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: BGO Records (BGOCD944)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 238 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 97 MB | Covers - 3 MB
Genre: Jazz, Post-Bop, Big Band | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: BGO Records (BGOCD944)
Long considered a holy grail of British jazz, trumpet legend/iconic composer Kenny Wheeler's classic 1969 Fontana leader debut, Windmill Tilter, has remained curiously out of print - never, in fact, appearing legitimately on CD.
Until now. Thanks to Andy Gray and BGO Records - a label responsible for a wealth of 1960s and '70s British jazz reissues - Windmill Tilter is finally available on CD and it's been worth the wait. Not only does it find Wheeler - listed here as "Ken," a Canadian expat who, emigrating to England in the 1950s, quickly made it into the British jazz elite, despite an introverted nature that might have been self-limiting, had he not been such a remarkable player - in early fine form as a composer, but with the participation of saxophonist/bandleader John Dankworth's Orchestra, it's a window into the early careers of a couple other younger players destined for greatness…