WHEELER VARIATIONS by Alessandro Galati

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.

Tracklist

1.	KEN	5:12

2.	k	1:18

3.	e [#1]	3:26

4.	n [#1]	2:16

5.	NY	7:40

6.	n [#2]	2:23

7.	y	2:30

8.	WHEEL	5:28

9.	w	1:39

10.	h	2:40

11.	e [#2]	2:17

12.	e [#3]	1:51

13.	l	1:42

14.	ER	7:24

15.	e [#4]	4:09

16.	r	2:38

Credits

released May 23, 2020

ALESSANRO GALATI – piano, comp, arr
SIMONA SEVERINI – vocals
STAN SULZMANN – tenor sax
STEFANO CANTINI – soprano sax
ARES TAVOLAZZI – bass
ENZO ZIRILLI – drums

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