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Seven, Eight, Nine (Part 1) 8:15 ░░ 02. Canter N. 6 5:04 ░░ 03. The Long Waiting 5:52 ░░ 04. Four, Five, Six 8:02 ░░ 05. Ballad N. 130 7:21 ░░ 06. Seven, Eight, Nine (Part 2) 5:30 ░░ 07. The Imminent Immigrant 6:53 ░░ 08. Upwards 10:38 ░░ ░░ ░░ ░░ ╔═══════════════╗ ░░ ║ N O T E S ║░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ░░ ╚═══════════════╝▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ░░ ░░ When artists move into their eighties, every new album is a gift. It's ░░ difficult enough for any octogenarian musician to maintain his/her game, ░░ but especially horn players, for whom embouchure and breath are so ░░ essential to tone and reach. Six for Six is, however, a curious gift from ░░ expat Canadian trumpeter Kenny Wheeler, who's made Britain his home since ░░ the mid-'50s. Recorded in 2008, it's his first sextet recording since ░░ 2003's Dream Sequenceùand even that album only featured one piece for all ░░ six players. What that really means, then, is that Six for Six is ░░ Wheeler's first real sextet date since 1980's Around 6, and his very ░░ first with a lineup consisting, in addition to his inimitable horn work, ░░ of two saxophones, piano, bass and drums. ░░ ░░ It's a curious program: a full six of its eight tracks were heard just ░░ last year on Wheeler's superb big band outing, The Long Waiting (Cam ░░ Jazz, 2012), but they couldn't be more different, demonstrating just how ░░ malleable Wheeler's charts can be. Recorded in 2011, The Long Waiting, ░░ "Seven, Eight, Nine" was a relatively concise, mid-tempo swinger that ░░ featured just one solo (Wheeler); here, it's broken into two parts spread ░░ across the record. The album-opening "Part 1" opens with a powerful a ░░ cappella intro from drummer Martin France that sets the tone for an album ░░ that's Wheeler's most flat-out incendiary since Double, Double You (ECM, ░░ 1984). Unlike The Long Waiting's mixed meter reading of 7/8, 6/8 and 4/4, ░░ "Part 1" here sticks with a constant 4/4, but at a much brighter clipùand ░░ with plenty more solo space for Wheeler, tenor saxophonist Bobby Wellins ░░ and soprano saxophonist Stan Sulzmann. ░░ ░░ Excising the original's second theme for further extrapolation, "Seven, ░░ Eight, Nine (Part 2)," is taken at a slightly slower pace than "Part 1" ░░ (but still considerably brighter than the big band version) and, while ░░ significantly shorter, still leaves room for impressive solos from ░░ Sulzmann (this time on tenor), Taylor and Wheeler, with Laurence a firm ░░ but pliant anchor and France, once again, playing with fire and ░░ unfettered freedom throughout this bright 6/8 take. ░░ ░░ Wellins is the only new face here, with Sulzmann, pianist John Taylor and ░░ bassist Chris Laurence all longtime Wheeler collaborators; and, although ░░ France only made his first recorded appearance with Wheeler on The Long ░░ Waiting, he's been gigging with the trumpeter for some time, and has been ░░ a member of Taylor's trio since the pianist's superb Angel of the ░░ Presence (Cam Jazz, 2006). Still, with Wellins an alumnus of British ░░ luminaries like Stan Tracey and Tubby Hayes, it's unlikely that this is ░░ the first time he and Wheeler have broken musical bread together. On the ░░ flip side to more powerful tracks like "Upwards," which more closely ░░ mirrors the energy of The Long Waiting's version, albeit with a ░░ significantly altered arrangement, Six for Six's fresh look at "The Long ░░ Waiting," with its spare duo intro from Wheeler and Taylor, is taken at a ░░ slower pace, while the more amiable pulse of the big band's "Four, Five ░░ Six" is deserted here for a shorter version that still manages to squeeze ░░ in another piano/trumpet intro, a fiery rubato exchange between Sulzmann ░░ and Wellins and, finallyùand at a faster clipùspace for concise but high ░░ octane solos from Wellins, Taylor, Wheeler and France. ░░ ░░ It's not just because, with the exception of The Long Waiting, Six for ░░ Six is Wheeler's first Cam Jazz recording to feature a drummerùthough ░░ France certainly lights one heckuva fire underneath his band mates, while ░░ still proving capable of a gentler disposition on more subdued fare like ░░ "Ballad N. 130" and the brighter, but lighter-textured "The Imminent ░░ Immigrant," making its first appearance since Wheeler's quartet date All ░░ the More (Soul Note, 1997). In a career now approaching its sixth decade, ░░ Wheeler's writing has not lost any of the unmistakable lyricism that's ░░ been a defining touchstone since early recordings like the classic Gnu ░░ High (ECM, 1976), but even as he's passed the 83 mark this year, ░░ Wheeler's lost neither his tone nor his remarkable reachùhis closing, ░░ stratospheric note at the end of "Four, Five, Six" being something to ░░ which many trumpeters half his age still aspire. ░░ ░░ Not since Double, Double You has Wheeler released an album as ░░ exhilarating as Six for Six. 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