Gnu High

{{Infobox album

| name = Gnu High

| type = studio

| artist = Kenny Wheeler

| cover = Gnu High.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1976

| recorded = June 1975

| venue =

| studio = Generation Sound
New York City

| genre = Jazz

| length = 40:36

| label = ECM 1069 ST

| producer = Manfred Eicher

| prev_title = Song for Someone

| prev_year = 1973

| next_title = Ensemble Fusionaire

| next_year = 1976

}}

Gnu High is an album by Canadian trumpeter and composer Kenny Wheeler recorded in June 1975 and released on ECM the following year. The quartet features rhythm section Keith Jarrett, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette.

Reception

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}[http://www.allmusic.com/album/r150096 Allmusic Review]

| rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

| rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{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 |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1494}}

| rev3 = DownBeat

| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}

}}The 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."Nastos, M. G. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r150096|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed September 7, 2009

The DownBeat review by Mikal Gilmore assigned four stars and praised Wheeler's "purity of sound", finding his tone reminiscent of 1960s Miles Davis and his accuracy reminiscent of Dizzy Gillespie.{{Cite journal |last=Gilmore |first=Mikal |date=October 21, 1976 |title=Reviews Kenny Wheeler GNU HIGH |journal=DownBeat |volume=43 |issue=17 |pages=31-32}} 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.