{"id":8844,"date":"2017-11-18T23:56:04","date_gmt":"2017-11-19T07:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/?p=8844"},"modified":"2017-11-19T17:32:38","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T01:32:38","slug":"weekend-extra-kenny-wheeler-and-what-a-rhythm-section","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2017\/11\/weekend-extra-kenny-wheeler-and-what-a-rhythm-section\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Extra: Kenny Wheeler&#8230;And What A Rhythm Section"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8846\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Unknown.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" \/>Goading my mind-of-its-own computer as I attempted to force it to solve a problem, I unexpectedly found myself watching a performance that I had no idea existed on video. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Good heavens,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I said to the computer and the empty room, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Kenny Wheeler.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d My attempt at digital correction had somehow landed me on <em>YouTube<\/em> as the late trumpet master soloed with mind-blowing freedom on what sounded as if it might be \u00e2\u20ac\u0153By Myself,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d a 1937 song by Dietz and Schwartz, with hints of &#8220;Stella By Starlight.&#8221; Soon it became apparent\u00e2\u20ac\u201dbefore their names popped up on the screen\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthat Wheeler\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s rhythm section was pianist John Taylor, bassist Dave Holland, guitarist John Abercrombie and drummer Peter Erskine. The video, it turned out, was made in 1990 in Vienna at the subterranean club called Reigen.<\/p>\n<p>If your weekend hasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t already started, this is a splendid way to begin it.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RamliycUzq4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Further research discloses that \u00e2\u20ac\u0153By Myself\u00e2\u20ac\u009d was also a part of Wheeler\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 1990 recording <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2yVM7cn\"><em>Music For Large &amp; Small Ensembles<\/em><\/a>, one of several indispensible albums from his ECM period.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goading my mind-of-its-own computer as I attempted to force it to solve a problem, I unexpectedly found myself watching a performance that I had no idea existed on video. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Good heavens,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I said to the computer and the empty room, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Kenny Wheeler.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d My attempt at digital correction had somehow landed me on YouTube as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8844","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-main","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}