“There was not a lot of rehearsing, we just let it happen. So my memories are: it was heads down. It is in the list of my own favourite recordings. There was a certain magic in the air.’’ - Dave Holland
This month in its audiophile aimed ECM Luminessence vinyl series initiative the German label launches its UK roll-out with a DJ night in Dalston ahead of its 28th April release of Kenny Wheeler quartet album Gnu High (1976) and Brazilian percussionist Naná Vasconcelos' album, Saudades (1980).
Bass icon Dave Holland who was on the record with Wheeler, Keith Jarrett and Jack DeJohnette told us back in 2019 that he remembered the recording in 1975 as “a concentrated six hours.’’ Kenny, he said in that same interview, was “hands off’’ unlike when he himself operated as a leader himself or for that matter Keith or Jack. “There was not a lot of rehearsing, we just let it happen. So my memories are: it was heads down. It is in the list of my own favourite recordings. There was a certain magic in the air.’’
Brilliant Corners photo: marlbank is a Japanese bar restaurant audiophile friendly venue situated a short walk from Dalston Junction railway station heading down the Kingsland Road in the direction of Haggerston. The event is on 16 April. The DJ selected to spin the cherishable vinyl is still to be announced. The restaurant opens at 6pm. Details
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