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Gnu High

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Gnu High

Studio album by

Kenny Wheeler

Released

1976

Recorded

June 1975

Studio

Generation Sound
New York City

Genre

Jazz

Length

40:36

Label

ECM 1069 ST

Producer

Manfred Eicher

Kenny Wheeler chronology

Song for Someone
(1973)

Gnu High
(1976)

Ensemble Fusionaire
(1976)

Gnu High is an album by Canadian trumpeter and composer Kenny Wheeler recorded in June 1975 and released on ECM the following year. The quartet features rhythm section Keith Jarrett, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette.

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[2]

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."^[3]

Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by Kenny Wheeler

Side I
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Heyoke"	21:56

Side II
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Smatter"	6:01
2.	"Gnu Suite"	12:49

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

^ Allmusic Review

^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1494. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

^ Nastos, M. G. Allmusic Review accessed September 7, 2009

Kenny Wheeler

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.

Studio albums

Windmill Tilter (1968)
Song for Someone (1973)
Gnu High (1975)
Deer Wan (1977)
Around 6 (1979)
Double, Double You (1983)
Flutter By, Butterfly (1987)
Music for Large & Small Ensembles (1990)
The Widow in the Window (1990)
All the More (1993)
Dream Sequence (1995, 1996, 1999, & 2003)
Angel Song (1996)
A Long Time Ago (1997 & 1998)
Moon (2001)
Island (2002)
Where Do We Go from Here? (2004)
What Now? (2004)
Songs for Quintet (2013)

Azimuth

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