Goodbye (Bobo Stenson album)

Goodbye
Studio album by Bobo Stenson
Released	September 12, 2005 (2005-09-12) [1]
Recorded	April 2004 [2]
Studio	Avatar, NYC
Genre	Jazz
Length	70:07
Label	ECM ECM 1904
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Bobo Stenson chronology
Serenity (1999) Goodbye (2005) Cantando (2007)

Goodbye is an album by jazz pianist Bobo Stenson recorded for ECM in April 2004 and released on September 12, 2005. Stenson's trio features rhythm section Anders Jormin and Paul Motian. ^[2]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek states, "Goodbye is one of, if not the most expansive and diverse collections pianist Bobo Stenson has ever released ... Goodbye is more a recording of songs than jazz pieces—at least in a traditional sense. This trio doesn't swing, they play, they slowly dance through the lyric pieces found here." ^[3]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Anders Jormin except as indicated.

1. "Send in the Clowns" (Stephen Sondheim) – 4:16
2. "Rowan" – 6:05
3. "Alfonsina" (Ariel Ramírez) – 5:11
4. "There Comes a Time" (Tony Williams) – 6:42
5. "Song About Earth" (Vladimir Vysotsky) – 7:16
6. "Seli" – 8:49
7. "Goodbye" (Gordon Jenkins) – 6:39
8. "Music for a While" (Henry Purcell) – 5:20
9. "Allegretto Rubato" – 5:27
10. "Jack of Clubs" (Paul Motian) – 2:57
11. "Sudan" (Motian) – 2:36
12. "Queer Street" (Stenson) – 2:09
13. "Triple Play" – 2:01
14. "Race Face" (Ornette Coleman) – 4:39

Personnel

Musicians

• Bobo Stenson – piano
• Anders Jormin – bass
• Paul Motian – drums

Technical personnel

• Manfred Eicher – producer
• James A. Farber – recording engineer
  • Aya Takemura – assistant engineer
• Sascha Kleis – design
• Robert Lewis – liner photography
• Ioannis Voulgarakis – cover photography

References

1. Goodbye - Bobo Stenson, Anders Jormin, Paul Motian - ECM Records
2. ECM discography accessed October 18, 2011 Archived 2012-09-01 at the Wayback Machine
3. Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed October 18, 2011
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1339. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.