Dave Holland, Norma Winstone & London Vocal Project - Vital Spark (Music of Kenny Wheeler) - EDN1288

Dave Holland, Norma Winstone & London Vocal Project - Vital Spark (Music of Kenny Wheeler) - EDNLP1288

Vital Spark (Music Of Kenny Wheeler)

Dave Holland, Norma Winstone & London Vocal Project

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Release Date: 20 February 2026

Label: Edition Records

Packaging Type: Digipak

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 5060509793105

Genres: Jazz Contemporary

Release Date: 20 February 2026

Label: Edition Records

Packaging Type: Gate Fold

No of Units: 2

Barcode: 5060509793099

Genres: Jazz Contemporary

Description

Jazz legends Dave Holland and Norma Winstone, together with the versatile London Vocal Project, present Vital Spark--an album featuring a collection of Kenny Wheeler's final compositions that were sent over time to Pete Churchill and brought to life through patient arrangement, deep listening, and mutual trust. 'Vital Spark' captures a rare unity between jazz ensemble and choir, revealing a sound that's both unforced, delicate, reflective and full of Kenny's character and energy.
The music features new lyrics by Norma Winstone, alongside Wheeler's settings of poems by Stevie Smith, Lewis Carroll, and William Blake. The result is unmistakably Kenny Wheeler: lyrical but unsentimental, harmonically rich yet spacious.
For Dave, Norma, and Pete, this project is not a retrospective but a personal, shared act of remembering and reinterpreting, shaped by decades of friendship, collaboration, and quiet reverence for one of the most singular voices in modern music.
Available on hyacinth coloured double LP and digipak CD editions.
Norma Winstone: voice
Dave Holland: bass
Nikki Iles: piano
James Maddren: drums
Mark Lockheart: tenor & soprano saxophone
John Parricelli: guitar (on 'Not Waving But Drowning, Jazzonia, Fuite D'Enfance, Infant Joy & Heavenly City)
London Vocal Project, Director: Pete Churchill

Description

Jazz legends Dave Holland and Norma Winstone, together with the versatile London Vocal Project, present Vital Spark--an album featuring a collection of Kenny Wheeler's final compositions that were sent over time to Pete Churchill and brought to life through patient arrangement, deep listening, and mutual trust. 'Vital Spark' captures a rare unity between jazz ensemble and choir, revealing a sound that's both unforced, delicate, reflective and full of Kenny's character and energy.
The music features new lyrics by Norma Winstone, alongside Wheeler's settings of poems by Stevie Smith, Lewis Carroll, and William Blake. The result is unmistakably Kenny Wheeler: lyrical but unsentimental, harmonically rich yet spacious.
For Dave, Norma, and Pete, this project is not a retrospective but a personal, shared act of remembering and reinterpreting, shaped by decades of friendship, collaboration, and quiet reverence for one of the most singular voices in modern music.
Available on hyacinth coloured double LP and digipak CD editions.
Norma Winstone: voice
Dave Holland: bass
Nikki Iles: piano
James Maddren: drums
Mark Lockheart: tenor & soprano saxophone
John Parricelli: guitar (on 'Not Waving But Drowning, Jazzonia, Fuite D'Enfance, Infant Joy & Heavenly City)
London Vocal Project, Director: Pete Churchill
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