The Promise (Vassilis Tsabropoulos album)

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The Promise
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Studio album by
Released2009
RecordedJanuary 2008
Genre Jazz
Length54:58
Label ECM
Producer Manfred Eicher
Vassilis Tsabropoulos chronology
Melos
(2007)
The Promise
(2009)

The Promise is a solo album by Greek composer and pianist Vassilis Tsabropoulos recorded in 2008 and released on the ECM label. [1]

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 3½ stars stating "This album lives up to its under-the-surface, ruminative nature, but should be slotted in for the appropriate mood or time of evening, when lights are either very low, or turned off". [2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Track listing

All compositions by Vassilis Tsabropoulos
  1. "The Other" - 5:07
  2. "Tale of a Man" - 6:00
  3. "Smoke and Mirrors" - 6:59
  4. "Pearl" - 3:10
  5. "The Promise" - 5:14
  6. "The Other, var. I" 3:50
  7. "Djivaeri" - 4:43
  8. "The Insider" - 7:01
  9. "Confession" - 3:56
  10. "Promenade" - 4:57
  11. "The Other, var. II" - 4:01
  • Recorded at Dimitris Mitropoulos Hall in Megaron, Athens in January 2008

Personnel

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References

  1. ECM discography accessed November 18, 2011
  2. 1 2 Nastos, M. G. Allmusic Review accessed November 18, 2011