Music for Large & Small Ensembles

Music for Large & Small Ensembles is a double album by Canadian jazz trumpeter Kenny Wheeler recorded over two sessions in January and February 1990 and released on ECM later that year.[1] The Sweet Time Suite' is Wheeler's most ambitious extended work for big band since 1969's Windmill Tilter.[2]

Music for Large & Small Ensembles
Studio album by
Released1990
RecordedJanuary–February 1990
StudioCTS Studio
London, England
Rainbow Studio
Oslo, Norway
GenreJazz
Length103:42
LabelECM
ECM 1415/16
ProducerManfred Eicher
Kenny Wheeler chronology
Flutter By, Butterfly
(1988)
Music for Large & Small Ensembles
(1990)
The Widow in the Window
(1990)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings    [4]

The AllMusic review awarded the album 4½ stars.[3]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings selected the album as part of its suggested “core collection” of essential recordings.[4]

Track listing

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Disc one: The Sweet Time Suite
No.TitleLength
1."Part I – Opening"2:19
2."Part II – For H."
"Part III – For Jan"

10:09
3."Part IV – For P. A."9:26
4."Part V – Know Where You Are"5:36
5."Part VI – Consolation"9:19
6."Part VII – Freddy C"
"Part VIII – Closing"

12:53
Disc two
No.TitleLength
1."Sophie"8:50
2."Sea Lady"8:33
3."Gentle Piece"8:50
4."Trio"4:00
5."Duet I"2:40
6."Duet II"2:23
7."Duet III"3:04
8."Trio"5:44
9."By Myself"10:32

Personnel

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Large ensembles (The Sweet Time Suite, "Sophie", "Sea Lady" & "Gentle Piece")

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Small ensembles

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Technical personnel

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References

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  1. ^ ECM catalogue
  2. ^ Kernfeld, Barry. 'Wheeler, Kenny [Kenneth Vincent John]' in Grove Music Online
  3. ^ a b Allmusic Review accessed August 19, 2011.
  4. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1494. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.