Swept Away (Marc Johnson album)

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Swept Away
Swept-Away albumcover.jpg
Studio album by
Marc Johnson and Eliane Elias
ReleasedSeptember 7, 2012
RecordedFebruary 2010
Studio Avatar, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length1:08:26
Label ECM
ECM 2168
Producer Eliane Elias, Marc Johnson
Marc Johnson and Eliane Elias chronology
Shades of Jade
(2005)		Swept Away
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
All About Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [2]
The Buffalo News Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Financial Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Irish Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [6]
Jazz Forum Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [7]
Jazzwise Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Tom Hull B+ [9]

Swept Away is a studio album by a quartet led by double bassist Marc Johnson and pianist Eliane Elias, with tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano and drummer Joey Baron, recorded in February 2010 and released on ECM in September 2012. [10]

Contents

Reception

Both The Guardian and AllMusic gave the album four stars. [5] [1] In The Guardian, critic John Fordham sees the influence of Bill Evans and Keith Jarrett and praises the album's intimacy. [5] At AllMusic, Rick Anderson calls it "ECM jazz" for the melancholy and spaciousness which are characteristic of many albums in the label's catalogue. [1]

Cormac Larkin of The Irish Times gave the album five stars, stating it was even better than Johnson and Elias's last collaboration, and crediting Elias in particular for "really lift[ing] Swept Away to another level." [6] Phil Johnson of The Independent commented "Bassist Johnson and pianist Elias are partners in life as well as music, and this delightfully dreamy album of 11 songs suggests the domestic scale and unforced intimacy of an interior by the French painter Pierre Bonnard... As sensitive, small-group jazz goes, this is close to definitive." [11] Jeff Tamarkin writing for JazzTimes added, "Although Johnson shares top billing with Elias, his role is largely confined to locking in with Baron and too infrequently unfurling a faultlessly framed solo..." [12]

Track listing

All tracks except for "Shenandoah" were composed by Eliane Elias (1–3, 5, 7, 8, 10) and Marc Johnson (4, 6, 8–10).

  1. "Swept Away" – 6:18
  2. "It's Time" – 5:49
  3. "One Thousand and One Nights" – 8:18
  4. "When the Sun Comes Up" – 6:36
  5. "B Is for Butterfly" – 8:05
  6. "Midnight Blue" – 6:00
  7. "Moments" – 5:50
  8. "Sirens of Titan" – 5:55
  9. "Foujita" – 6:36
  10. "Inside Her Old Music Box" – 5:27
  11. "Shenandoah" (Traditional) – 4:35

Personnel

Chart positions

Chart (2008)Peak
position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [13] 51
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [14] 148

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References

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  2. ↑ McClenaghan, Dan (28 September 2012). "Marc Johnson/Eliane Elias: Swept Away". All About Jazz. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  3. ↑ Simon, Jeff (5 October 2012). "Listening Post / Brief reviews of select releases". The Buffalo News . Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  4. ↑ Hobart, Mike (5 October 2012). "Marc Johnson/Eliane Elias: Swept Away". Financial Times . ft.com. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 Fordham, John (3 January 2013). "Marc Johnson/Eliane Elias: Swept Away". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  6. 1 2 Larkin, Cormac (October 12, 2012). "Marc Johnson/ Eliane Elias". The Irish Times . irishtimes.com. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  7. ↑ Baron, Piotr. "Swept Away: Marc Johnson/Eliane Elias | Jazz Forum". Jazz Forum . Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  8. ↑ Quinn, Peter (December 2012). "Review". Jazzwise . Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  9. ↑ "Tom Hull: Grade List: Marc Johnson". Tom Hull . Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  10. ↑ "Marc Johnson/Eliane Elias Swept Away". ECMrecords.com. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
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