Song for Someone: The Musical Life of Kenny Wheeler

Bys: Shaw, Brian and Smart, Nick

Trumpeter and composer Kenny Wheeler (1930-2014) was one of the most enigmatic and influential musicians in recent memory. His instantly recognisable sound was a driving force within every major innovation in modern European jazz during the last half of the 20th century. More importantly, his life provides us with a profound example of the way music can manifest itself in the most unlikely of vessels. As a lonely and shy teenager in Canada, he sought...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1781792194
• ISBN13: 9781781792193
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: Equinox Publishing
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 5.06 lbs.