Gnu High

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Gnu High
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Studio album by Kenny Wheeler
Released 1976
Recorded June 1975
Generation Sound Studios, New York
Genre Jazz
Length 40:36
Label ECM
ECM 1069
Producer Manfred Eicher
Kenny Wheeler chronology
Song for Someone
(1974)Song for Someone1974
Gnu High
(1976)
Ensemble Fusionaire
(1976)Ensemble Fusionaire1976
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[1]

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