Rare Jazz Record John Dankworth Kenny Wheeler Fontana
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KEN WHEELER Windmill Tilter FONTANA LP...
Extremely rare Jazz record...Hardly ever comes up for sale...
Original UK 1969 issue on Fontana label...
Kenny Wheeler has performed and recorded his own compositions with large jazz ensembles throughout his career, starting with his first album Windmill Tilter, (1969), recorded with the John Dankworth band. The Windmill Tilter LP today is a collector's item, since the original master tapes have been lost.
Rare Record...
Looks Unplayed...No marks..just a bit dusty..
Jacket has a few marks....But still in very good condition..
1.Preamble 0:43 2. Don The Dreamer 6:14 3. Sweet Dulcinea Blue 3 :40 4. Bachelor Sam 5:18 5.Sancho 4:47 6.The Cane Of Montesinos 4:43 7.Propheticape 2:26 8.Altisidora 5:22 9 Don No More 8:12
Personnel: Kenny Wheeler: flugelhorn; Derek Watkins: trumpet (1, 2, 4-6, 8, 9); Henry Shaw: trumpet (1, 2, 4-6, 8, 9); Henry Lowther: trumpet (1, 2, 4-6, 8, 9); Les Condon: trumpet (1, 2, 4-6, 8, 9); Chris Pyne: trombone: (1, 2, 4-6, 8, 9); Mike Gibbs: trombone: (1, 2, 4-6, 8, 9); John Dankworth: saxophone (1, 2, 4-6, 8, 9); Ray Swinfield: saxophone (1, 2, 4-6, 8, 9); Tony Robert: saxophone (1, 2, 4-6, 8, 9); Tony Coe: saxophone; Alf Reece: tuba (1, 2, 4-6, 8, 9); Dick Hart: tuba (1, 2, 4-6, 8, 9); Bob Corford: piano (1, 2, 4-6, 8, 9); Alan Branscome: piano (1, 2, 4-6, 8, 9); John McLaughlin: guitar; Dave Holland: bass; John Spooner: drums; Tristan Fry: percussion (1, 2, 4-6, 8, 9).
Double Bass – Dave Holland
Drums – John Spooner
- Flugelhorn, Composed By – Kenny Wheeler
- Guitar – John McLaughlin
- Percussion – Tristan Fry
- Piano – Alan Branscombe, Bob Cornford*
- Saxophone – John Dankworth, Ray Swinfield, Tony Robert*
- Saxophone, Clarinet – Tony Coe
- Trombone – Chris Pyne, Mike Gibbs*
- Trumpet – Derek Watkins, Henry Shaw*, Henry Lowther, Les Condon
- Tuba – Alf Reece, Dick Hart
Recorded in March, 1968—the reticent Wheeler encouraged, by Dankworth, to write an album while recovering from dental surgery that put him out of commission—it's a chance to hear bassist Dave Holland before he headed to North America for greater fame with Miles Davis; also, a young John McLaughlin in a more straight-ahead context than his grittier, fusion-esque work with Davis, when the guitarist left for America in 1969, to play with Davis drummer Tony Williams' electrified Lifetime band and on the trumpeter's iconic In a Silent Way (Columbia, 1969).
While the majority of this 41-minute, nine-part suite, based on the life of Don Quixote, features an ensemble stretching to over 15 players, two quintet tracks—Wheeler, McLaughlin and Holland, along with saxophonist Tony Coe and drummer John Spooner—presage later exceptional small ensemble work, including Wheeler's award-winning Gnu High (ECM, 1976). Bolstered by Spooner's brushwork and Holland's already unshakable sense of swing on the ambling "Sweet Dulcinea Blue," McLaughlin's lengthy solo demonstrates early expertise in distinctive voicings, and navigating changes with lithe dexterity, while solos from Wheeler and Coe are shorter, but equally impressive. The shorter but more buoyant "Propheticape" again provides time for lucid solos from Wheeler, Coe and McLaughlin, the guitarist's comping an early sign of his equal but often less-lauded rhythmic acumen.
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