VITAL SPARK MUSIC OF KENNY WHEELER

Description

Jazz legends Dave Holland and Norma Winstone, accompanied by the London Vocal Project, present Vital Spark, an album comprising Kenny Wheeler's latest compositions, sent over time to Pete Churchill and enhanced by patient arrangement work, attentive listening, and mutual trust. Vital Spark reveals a rare harmony between a jazz ensemble and a choir, offering a sound that is natural, delicate, introspective, and imbued with Kenny's personality and energy. The music incorporates new lyrics by Norma Winstone, as well as Wheeler's settings of poems by Stevie Smith, Lewis Carroll, and William Blake. The result is undeniably Kenny Wheeler: lyrical without being sentimental, harmonically rich yet spacious. For Dave, Norma, and Pete, this project is not a retrospective, but a personal and shared act of remembrance and reinterpretation, shaped by decades of friendship, collaboration, and a deep admiration for one of modern music's most unique voices.