Movements in Colour

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Movements in Colour
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Studio album by
Released2009
RecordedFebruary 2008
StudioStudios la Buissonne
Pernes-les-Fontaines, France
Genre Jazz
Length57:21
Label ECM
ECM 2062
Producer Manfred Eicher
Andy Sheppard chronology
PS
(2003)
Movements in Colour
(2009)
Trio Libero
(2012)

Movements in Colour is an album by British jazz saxophonist and composer Andy Sheppard recorded in February 2008 and released on ECM the following year. [1] [2]

Contents

Reception

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 3½ stars stating "Movements in Colour is a wonderfully breezy, airy, but very sophisticated recording that places an unusual instrument (the tabla) at the center of a jazz group that defies expectations and delivers something new yet familiar; this set is both well-conceived, and more importantly, well-executed." [3]

Duncan Heining in his review for Jazzwise stated, "...they share a profound and uplifting grasp of the power of colour and that is certainly a word I would have to use in respect of Sheppard’s music. Here it shows in the way these five musicians combine to kaleidoscopic effect that matters most rather than their solo contributions. The impression throughout is of serving the music." [4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Track listing

All compositions by Andy Sheppard
  1. "La Tristesse du Roi" – 14:48
  2. "Bing" – 6:00
  3. "Nave Nave Moe" – 12:15
  4. "Ballarina" – 3:43
  5. "May Song" – 6:48
  6. "We Shall Not Go to Market Today" – 8:06
  7. "International Blue" – 5:41

Personnel

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References

  1. ECM discography accessed November 18, 2011
  2. Andy Sheppard discography accessed June 6, 2018
  3. 1 2 Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed November 18, 2011
  4. 1 2 Heining, Duncan (27 March 2009). "Andy Sheppard - Movements in Colour ****". Jazzwise . Retrieved 13 August 2020.