A landmark recording in the modern big band style
Erik Werkman | 12/29/2001
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Kenny Wheeler's approach to the big band is everything you would hope: powerful, introspective, and innovative. His use of female vocals alongside the brass is incredibly unique. His orchestration is beautiful, and the compositions are fantastic. A must for anyone interested in modern jazz, and certainly modern big band."
Music for Large and Small Ensembles
R. Suttie | 03/22/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"A stunning album. Beautiful arrangements, instrumentation and compositions."
STELLAR MUSIC WITH SUPERB FLUENCY
K. Prousalis | drama GREECE | 04/29/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I think that this recording represents musical simplicity and harmony at its best .The compositions are definetely very intellligent ,but at the same time they are expressed very freely ,without losing their authority ,integrity and their strenth in tempo from start to finish .KENNY WHEELER excells along with his top class co-musicians in giving you throughout the whole album the impression , that musical simplicity have as a result a superabundance of a very rich cohesive and fertile sonic texture flowing unforced with harmony detail,grace ,and vitality.YES IT IS A MODERN JAZZ MASTERPIECE AND IMHO WHEELERs BEST ALBUM ."