# Gnu High

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{{Infobox album
| name         = Gnu High
| type         = studio
| artist       = [Kenny Wheeler](/source/Kenny_Wheeler)
| cover        = Gnu High.jpg
| alt          = 
| released     = 1976
| recorded     = June 1975
| venue        = 
| studio       = [Generation Sound](/source/Generation_Sound)<br>New York City
| genre        = [Jazz](/source/Jazz)
| length       = 40:36
| label        = [ECM](/source/ECM_Records) 1069 ST
| producer     = [Manfred Eicher](/source/Manfred_Eicher)
| prev_title   = [Song for Someone](/source/Song_for_Someone_(album))
| prev_year    = 1973
| next_title   = Ensemble Fusionaire
| next_year    = 1976
}}
'''''Gnu High''''' is an [album](/source/album) by Canadian trumpeter and composer [Kenny Wheeler](/source/Kenny_Wheeler) recorded in June 1975 and released on [ECM](/source/ECM_Records) the following year. The quartet features rhythm section [Keith Jarrett](/source/Keith_Jarrett), [Dave Holland](/source/Dave_Holland_(bassist)) and [Jack DeJohnette](/source/Jack_DeJohnette).

==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/album/r150096 Allmusic Review]</ref>
| rev2 = ''[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings](/source/The_Penguin_Guide_to_Jazz_Recordings)''
| rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings](/source/The_Penguin_Guide_to_Jazz) |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=[Penguin](/source/Penguin_Books) |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1494}}</ref>
| rev3 = [DownBeat](/source/DownBeat)
| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=":0" />
}}The [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) review by Michael G. Nastos calls the album "an auspicious starting point, albeit long winded, for a magical performer whose sound and smarts captured the imagination of so many fellow musicians and listeners from this point onward."<ref>Nastos, M. G. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r150096|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed September 7, 2009</ref>

The ''[DownBeat](/source/DownBeat)'' review by Mikal Gilmore assigned four stars and praised Wheeler's "purity of sound", finding his tone reminiscent of 1960s [Miles Davis](/source/Miles_Davis) and his accuracy reminiscent of [Dizzy Gillespie](/source/Dizzy_Gillespie).<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Gilmore |first=Mikal |date=October 21, 1976 |title=Reviews Kenny Wheeler GNU HIGH |journal=[DownBeat](/source/DownBeat) |volume=43 |issue=17 |pages=31–32}}</ref> But Gilmore wrote, "Wheeler’s attack and dynamics are monotonously dispassionate, his coloring and sonority undilutedly dull", and reserved his highest praise for Jarrett's accompaniment.<ref name=":0" />

== Track listing ==
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Kenny Wheeler
| headline = Side I
| title1 = Heyoke
| length1 = 21:56
| total_length = 
}}{{Track listing
| headline = Side II
| title1 = Smatter
| length1 = 6:01
| title2 = Gnu Suite
| length2 = 12:49
| total_length = 
}}

==Personnel==
*[Kenny Wheeler](/source/Kenny_Wheeler) – [flugelhorn](/source/flugelhorn)
*[Keith Jarrett](/source/Keith_Jarrett) – piano
*[Dave Holland](/source/Dave_Holland_(bassist)) – [bass](/source/double_bass)
*[Jack DeJohnette](/source/Jack_DeJohnette) – drums

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Kenny Wheeler}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Kenny Wheeler albums
Category:ECM Records albums
Category:Albums produced by Manfred Eicher
Category:1976 albums

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