Azimuth (band)
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Azimuth was a British jazz trio, active from 1977 through the early 2000s.
Azimuth began as a duo composed of vocalist Norma Winstone and her husband, pianist John Taylor. In the mid-1970s, Taylor contacted several record companies with the goal of recording a duo album, but during his appointment with ECM Records founder Manfred Eicher, the latter suggested that they form a trio with trumpeter Kenny Wheeler, and Azimuth was born. The group's first release was a 1977 ECM album; two further albums quickly followed, with later albums coming in 1985 and 1995.
Wheeler died in 2014, and Taylor died the following year.
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