Leading European jazz label ECM Records has announced a further instalment of its Luminessence series of reissued albums from its extensive catalogue.
Trumpeter Kenny Wheeler’s Angel Song, from 1997 and featuring guitarist Bill Frisell, and the first album by supertrio Gateway, from 1975, will be released on vinyl on May 31.
Angel Song also featured Wheeler in the company of alto saxophone legend Lee Konitz and bassist Dave Holland in a drummerless quartet of the world’s leading improvisers and was greeted by glowing reviews on its original release.
Dave Holland also features in Gateway with guitarist John Abercrombie and drummer Jack DeJohnette, their debut release establishing a relationship between the three musicians that would produce a further three albums, as well as a stunning in-concert presence, over the following twenty years.