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  2. Kenneth Vincent John Wheeler, OC (14 January 1930 – 18 September 2014) was a Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player, based in the U.K. from the 1950s onwards. [1] [2] [3] [4] Most of his performances were rooted in jazz, but he was also active in free improvisation and occasionally contributed to rock music recordings.

  3. Sep 22, 2014 · In Kenny Wheeler's case, perhaps the opposite was the case. The Canadian-born trumpeter was one of the leading composers of his generation, the creator of subtly inflected,...

  4. Jazz trumpeter, flugelhorn player and composer Kenny Wheeler died on 18 September aged 84. This quiet, supremely modest Canadian came to play a pervasive role in UK and European jazz, moving seamlessly and without partisanship between the realms of modern bebop, free improv large ensembles and jazz composition.

  5. Kenneth Vincent John Wheeler, OC (14 January 1930 – 18 September 2014) was a Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player, based in the U.K. from the 1950s onwards.

  6. Sep 19, 2014 · Jazz legend Kenny Wheeler has died, aged 84. He was moved to a nursing home several months ago, before being admitted into hospital more recently.

  7. Nov 27, 2023 · Kenny Wheeler, a Canadian who became a towering figure in British music and an icon of jazz musicians around the world, has succumbed to a long illness. He was in a London nursing home for several months and was moved recently to the hospital where he died.

  8. Sep 22, 2014 · Kenny Wheeler, a jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and composer who was as comfortable improvising with uncompromising avant-gardists like the saxophonist Anthony Braxton as he was writing...