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A Long Time Ago (album)

1999 studio album by Kenny Wheeler

A Long Time Ago
Studio album by Kenny Wheeler
Released	October 19, 1999
Recorded	September 1997, January 1998
Studio	Gateway Studio Kingston, England
Genre	Jazz
Length	63:50
Label	ECM ECM 1691
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Kenny Wheeler chronology
Angel Song (1997) A Long Time Ago (1999) Island (2003)

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A Long Time Ago is an album by Canadian jazz trumpeter Kenny Wheeler recorded in September 1997 and January 1998 and released on ECM October the following year. The trio features pianist John Taylor and guitarist John Parricelli backed by a brass octet conducted by Tony Faulkner.

Track listing[edit]

All compositions by Kenny Wheeler.

1. "The Long Time Ago Suite" – 31:56
2. "One Plus Three (Version 1)" – 2:20
3. "Ballad for a Dead Child" – 5:58
4. "Eight Plus Three / Alice My Dear" – 8:30
5. "Going for Baroque" – 3:21
6. "Gnu Suite" – 9:23
7. "One Plus Three (Version 2)" – 2:22

Personnel[edit]

• Kenny Wheeler – flugelhorn
• John Taylor – piano
• John Parricelli – guitar
• Tony Faulkner – conductor
  • Derek Watkins, John Barclay, Henry Lowther, Ian Hamer – trumpet
  • Mark Nightingale, Pete Beachill (tracks 2–7), Richard Edwards (track 1) – trombone
  • Sarah Williams, Dave Stewart – bass trombone

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