A Long Time Ago (album) explained

A Long Time Ago
Type:	album
Artist:	Kenny Wheeler
Cover:	Ecm_Longtime.jpg
Released:	October 19, 1999
Recorded:	September 1997, January 1998
Studio:	Gateway Studio Kingston, England
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	63:50
Label:	ECM ECM 1691
Producer:	Manfred Eicher
Chronology:	Kenny Wheeler
Prev Title:	Angel Song
Prev Year:	1997
Next Title:	Island
Next Year:	2003

A Long Time Ago is an album by Canadian jazz trumpeter Kenny Wheeler recorded in September 1997 and January 1998 and released on ECM October the following year. The trio features pianist John Taylor and guitarist John Parricelli backed by a brass octet conducted by Tony Faulkner.

Track listing

All compositions by Kenny Wheeler.

1. "The Long Time Ago Suite" – 31:56
2. "One Plus Three (Version 1)" – 2:20
3. "Ballad for a Dead Child" – 5:58
4. "Eight Plus Three / Alice My Dear" – 8:30
5. "Going for Baroque" – 3:21
6. "Gnu Suite" – 9:23
7. "One Plus Three (Version 2)" – 2:22

Personnel

• Kenny Wheeler – flugelhorn
• John Taylor – piano
• John Parricelli – guitar
• Tony Faulkner – conductor
  • Derek Watkins, John Barclay, Henry Lowther, Ian Hamer – trumpet
  • Mark Nightingale, Pete Beachill (tracks 2–7), Richard Edwards (track 1) – trombone
  • Sarah Williams, Dave Stewart – bass trombone