Kenny Wheeler has been played on NTS over 20 times, featured on 24 episodes and was first played on 8 November 2015.

Kenny Wheeler (14th January 1930 – 18 September 2014) was a Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player, based since the 1950s in the UK. Most of his output is rooted in jazz, but he has also been active in free improvisation and has occasionally contributed to rock music recordings. Highly respected among his peers for his beautiful tone and extensive range on the trumpet and flugelhorn, Wheeler has written over one hundred compositions and is a skilled arranger for small groups and…