Birthmark (Lotte Anker album)

Birthmark
Studio album by Lotte Anker
Released	2013
Recorded	September 16, 2012
Studio	Namouche Studio, Lisbon
Genre	Jazz
Length	63:21
Label	Clean Feed
Producer	Rodrigo Pinheiro, Hernani Faustino, Lotte Anker
Lotte Anker chronology
Floating Islands (2009) Birthmark (2013) Squid Police (2014)

Birthmark is an album by Danish jazz saxophonist Lotte Anker with two Portuguese members of the RED Trio, pianist Rodrigo Pinheiro and double bassist Hernani Faustino. Anker played at Lisbon in 2012 with Fred Frith and Ikue Mori, and Pinheiro invited her to play on this record session. The album was released on the Portuguese Clean Feed label. ^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
All About Jazz	[2]
The Free Jazz Collective	[3]

In a review for All About Jazz , Mark Corroto states "Anker's command of her instruments (soprano, alto, and tenor saxophones) is exceptional. She has the full complement of sounds from overblowing to growls and at times, ineffable beauty." ^[2]

The Free Jazz Collective's Stef Gijssels awarded the album a full 5 stars, and wrote: "when Danish saxophonist Lotte Anker teams up with Portuguese pianist Rodrigo Pinheiro and bassist Hernani Faustino from RED Trio, you can bet that magic is the air. And yes, they deliver the goods... Intensity, lyricism, sensitivity and character guaranteed." ^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Anker/Pinheiro/Faustino

1. "Rise" – 8:45
2. "Upper Bound" – 4:39
3. "Daytime Song" – 7:54
4. "Golden Spiral" – 13:59
5. "Theorem" – 7:16
6. "Dual" – 10:21
7. "Voices" – 10:27

Personnel

• Lotte Anker – soprano sax, alto sax, tenor sax,
• Rodrigo Pinheiro – piano
• Hernani Faustino - double bass

References

1. Birthmark at Clean Feed
2. Corroto, Mark. Birthmark review at All About Jazz
3. Gijssels, Stef (May 11, 2013). "Lotte Anker, Rodrigo Pinheiro, Hernani Faustino - Birthmark". The Free Jazz Collective. Retrieved November 16, 2023.