Double, Double You

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Double, Double You
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Studio album by
Kenny Wheeler
Released1984
RecordedMay 1983, Power Station, NYC
GenreJazz
Length49:04
LabelECM
ProducerManfred Eicher
Kenny Wheeler chronology
Around 6
(1980) 		Double, Double You
(1984)
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4.5/5 stars [1]
Los Angeles Times4/5 stars [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings3.5/4 stars[3]

Double, Double You is an album by Kenny Wheeler featuring performances by Wheeler with Mike Brecker, John Taylor, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette. The album was recorded in 1983 and released on the ECM label.

Reception[]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "Kenny Wheeler's string of ECM recordings are all quite rewarding, generally avoiding the ECM stereotype of introspective long tones and silence... A generally memorable outing".[1] In the view of Los Angeles Times reviewer Leonard Feather, writing shortly after the album's release, Wheeler's LP was just one extraneous drum solo away from a perfect 5-star rating.

With Michael Brecker on tenor sax and a rhythm section that is powerful both individually and collectively, he has produced a provocative and often stimulating set of six original works. The horns' interplay on "Three for D'reen," Holland's phenomenal solo on "Blue for Lou" and all five men on the 14-minute "Foxy Trot" share the credit. This could have been a five-star set, but lapses into one of those inevitable closing drum solos. Why? Why? 4 stars.[2]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Kenny Wheeler

  1. "Foxy Trot" - 14:08
  2. "Ma Bel" - 3:54
  3. "W.W." - 7:51
  4. "Three for D'reen/Blue for Lou/Mark Time" - 23:26

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed 10 September 2009
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Feather, Leonard. Allmusic Review. The Los Angeles Times. 4 March 1984. Accessed 17 April 2013..
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1494. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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