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Plaque

Kenny Wheeler

Inscription

Kenny Wheeler, jazz trumpeter and composer, lived here 1972 - 2014. One of the most influential jazz musicians of the late 20th century.
Waltham Forest Heritage

Site: Kenny Wheeler (1 memorial)

E11, Wallwood Road, 141

This is the one 1930s house in a terrace of Victorian properties. It's smaller both in height and floorplan - not a development that would happen today.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Kenny Wheeler

Trumpet and flugelhorn player. Born Kenneth Vincent John Wheeler in Toronto. ...

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Waltham Forest Council

Formed in 1965 from the joining of Chingford, Leyton and Walthamstow.

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