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Alessandro Galati
Wheeler Variations
Album JP 2017 on Somethin' Cool label
Jazz (Contemporary Jazz)
The Wheeler Variations consist of four songs: “KEN”, “NY”, “WHEEL”, “ER”, followed by some improvised pieces played in the form of variation. As you can notice, the name of each song is a chunk of “Kenny Wheeler”, containing a specific number of letters, according to the number of the variations that follow. For example, the first song “KEN”, is followed by three variations called “k”, “e [#1]”, and “n”. Each song is played by the whole group, whereas the variations are played by different combos of a few members. This rather complex scheme is what makes the project really adventurous, yet maintaining a solid structure. As Kenny Wheeler declared in an interview “I’m still trying to find soppy melodies mixed with a bit of chaos”. The Wheeler Variations state my clear declaration of love to the imaginary world of Kenny Wheeler.
Musicians
 | Alessandro Galati p, arranged by, music by, photography, piano, album by |
 | Ares Tavolazzi b, eb, *1948 IT acoustic bass |
 | Enzo Zirilli perc, dr, IT drums |
 | Stefano Cantini sax, ts, ss, IT soprano saxophone |
 | Stan Sulzmann fl, sax, *1948 GB tenor saxophone |
 | Simona Severini voc, vocals |
Album Tracks 
| No | |
Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | KEN | Alessandro Galati | ||
| 2 | | k | Alessandro Galati | ||
| 3 | | e [#1] | Alessandro Galati | ||
| 4 | | n [#1] | Alessandro Galati | ||
| 5 | | NY | Alessandro Galati | ||
| 6 | | n [#2] | Alessandro Galati | ||
| 7 | | y | Alessandro Galati | ||
| 8 | | WHEEL | Alessandro Galati | ||
| 9 | | w | Alessandro Galati | ||
| 10 | | h | Alessandro Galati | ||
| 11 | | e [#2] | Alessandro Galati | ||
| 12 | | e [#3] | Alessandro Galati | ||
| 13 | | l | Alessandro Galati | ||
| 14 | | ER | Alessandro Galati | ||
| 15 | | e [#4] | Alessandro Galati | ||
| 16 | r | Alessandro Galati |
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