Music for Large & Small Ensembles

Music for Large & Small Ensembles is a double album by Canadian jazz trumpeter Kenny Wheeler recorded over two sessions in January and February 1990 and released on ECM later that year. The Sweet Time Suite' is Wheeler's most ambitious extended work for big band since 1969's Windmill Tilter.

Reception
The AllMusic review awarded the album 4½ stars. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings selected the album as part of its suggested “core collection” of essential recordings.

Large ensembles (The Sweet Time Suite, "Sophie", "Sea Lady" & "Gentle Piece")

 * Kenny Wheeler – trumpet, flugelhorn
 * Norma Winstone – vocals
 * Evan Parker – soprano & tenor saxophone
 * Ray Warleigh – alto saxophone
 * Stan Sulzmann – tenor saxophone, flute
 * Duncan Lamont – tenor saxophone
 * Julian Argüelles – baritone saxophone
 * Derek Watkins, Henry Lowther, Alan Downey, Ian Hamer – trumpets
 * David Horler, Chris Pyne, Paul Rutherford, Hugh Fraser – trombones
 * John Taylor – piano
 * John Abercrombie – guitar
 * Dave Holland – double bass
 * Peter Erskine – drums

Small ensembles

 * Kenny Wheeler – flugelhorn (Trios, "By Myself")
 * John Abercrombie – guitar ("By Myself")
 * John Taylor – piano (Duets)
 * Dave Holland – double bass (Trios, "By Myself")
 * Peter Erskine – drums

Technical personnel

 * Manfred Eicher – producer
 * Jan Erik Kongshaug – engineer
 * Barbara Wojirsch – cover design
 * Caroline Forbes – photograpy
 * Steve Lake – English liner notes