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Deer Wan | 
| Artists: Kenny Wheeler, Jan Garbarek, John Abercrombie, Dave Holland, Jack Dejohnette, Ralph Towner
Label: Ecm
Category: Music
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 11477
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 042282938527
EAN: 0042282938527
ASIN: B00002614T
Release Date: July 1, 1988
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| Tracks:
| • | Peace For Five | | • | 3/4 In The Afternoon | | • | Sumother Song | | • | Deer Wan |
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| Customer Reviews:
Extraordinary April 8, 2005
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I first bought this album when it appeared in 1978, and have just replaced it on CD, not something that I do with many of my original plastic discs.Never have I made a better decision. Along with "GNU High", Wheeler's first album for ECM as leader, this rates in my opinion as his best work. It is a wonderful, wonderful record, and if you are thinking of finding out why this man and his music has inspired so much affection over the years (as witnessed by those present at the 75th Birthday QEH concert back in January 2005, then this will give you some indication. An extraordinary record.
Wheeler Dealer August 1, 2003
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
This gem was released way back in 1978 and may be Wheelers finest hour. He will always be one of my favourite composer/ musicians. He has a group of musicians here to be worthy of his writing. Jan Garbarek, John Abercrombie, Dave Holland, and Jack DeJohnette. Ralph Towner pops up on one track too.
The album kicks off with Peace For Five. A slow, haunting melancholy pervades a lot of Wheelers tunes but there is also a profound lifting of the spirit shyly bursting through every so often. His themes leave plenty room for the liberation of the improviser. Listen to Abercrombie and Garbarek on this track.
Just listen to Wheelers/Garbareks haunting, keening melody/theme to track 2 - 3/4 In The Afternoon. Just beautiful. Towners 12-string guitar introduced to perfect effect before Wheeler and Abercrombie play brief poignant solos.
Sumother Song comes next introed by Abercrombies stark musings and then Wheeler with a heart-wrenching theme that Garbarek echoes. Hollands subtle gear change heralds a highly-charged plaintive passage from Garbarek (never sounding much better). It drifts to silence before it comes back with a faster tempo showcasing Wheelers dexterity and cliche free playing. It all slows down again allowing Abercrombie space to converse gently with Holland and DeJohnettes cymbals. The opening themes return with renewed optimism. Three fabulous tracks so far.
The closing Deer Wan wraps things up and may just surpass what has gone before. Again the main theme is passed back and forth with so much intensity. The tune is then given a subtle tempo chage leading to more splendid work from Garbarek this time wailing on soprano, and then another highly passionate turn from the leader. Abercrombie lays on some sad/joy, pining guitar as Holland and DeJohnette coax him along, what a rhythm section. The ending, then, is just awesome as the main theme is milked magnificently.
Well, only 4 tracks but each one is out of the top drawer. 43 minutes of spellbinding music. I do not posses many albums better than this.Wheeler Dealer
Melodic yet fiery : Wheeler on top form, superb band also. January 4, 2002
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Kenny Wheeler is one of the finest and most individual trumpet and flugelhorn players in jazz.
Regardless of the tempo, he never lapses into clichés, and is always melodic and full of surprises. The Dave Holland - Jack de Johnette rhythm section is a stupendous, driving powerhouse, and it's partly because of their energy and inventiveness, especially on the title track, that this disc includes some of the finest work you will ever hear from Garbarek. Towner and Abercrombie both do exactly what you would expect, and very well too, but Wheeler and the other three are the real stars. Many sublime Desert-Island-Disc moments on this, including subtle and lovely brass choir effects from Wheeler at one point.
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