Trumpeter Kenny Wheeler is gone

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Blair N. Cummings
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Trumpeter Kenny Wheeler is gone

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Since we seem to be in a (not un-common) rut again, it may interest some to hear the tribute on KCR (http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/wkcr/).
It runs for the next few hours.
Blair N. Cummings
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Re: Trumpeter Kenny Wheeler is gone

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BTW, this coming Tuesday on the same station/link it`s Coltrane all day on what would have been his 88th birthday.
Martin Johnson
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Re: Trumpeter Kenny Wheeler is gone

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His 'Everybody's Song but my Own' has a lovely melody and chord sequence and has been covered many times. Here it is with words added sung by Sinne Eeg:

Blair N. Cummings
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Re: Trumpeter Kenny Wheeler is gone

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Wow! KCR is doing a Wheeler marathon from 1:00 am EDT Sunday until 9:00 pm Monday. See the above link to listen.
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