On the Way to Two

CAM5054 2015-10-30

Track List

Canter #2 - 4:12
Fedora - 5:54
Sketch No. 1 - 1:42
Quiso - 5:48
Who Knows? - 4:33
Sketch No. 2 - 2:58
Close to Mars - 5:06
Fortune\'s Child - 3:22
Sketch No. 3 - 2:45
A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing - 8:22

Musicians

Kenny Wheeler - trumpet - fluegelhorn
John Taylor - piano

A prized recording by Kenny Wheeler and John Taylor has been released from CAM JAZZ’s archives. The Canadian trumpeter, who died last year in September, had a long-standing recording activity on the Roman label, sharing this journey with Taylor very often. “On The Way To Two”, a new, prized duet album, was recorded in 2005 featuring 10 songs over a total 45 minutes of stunning music. Complex themes alternate with short improvised passages, as proof of that natural, special feeling that bound the two musicians. Sadly and unfortunately, while the album was being pressed, John Taylor suddenly passed away. Before Taylor leaves us, he writes in the liner notes to this album, as a virtual remark to Wheeler: “It was a privilege and joy to play with you for most of my life, and I wish you were here now to listen to this music again with me”.