View with a Room

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View with a Room
View With A Room Album Cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 16, 2022 (2022-09-16)
StudioThe Bridge, Brooklyn, New York [1]
Genre
Length43:12
Label Blue Note
Producer Margaret Glaspy
Julian Lage chronology
Squint
(2021)
View with a Room
(2022)
The Layers
(2023)
Singles from View with a Room
  1. "Auditorium"
    Released: June 21, 2022 [2]
  2. "Word for Word"
    Released: July 13, 2022 [3]
  3. "Tributary"
    Released: August 10, 2022 [4]
  4. "Chavez"
    Released: August 31, 2022 [5]
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 empty.svg [6]
Jazzwise Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
PopMatters 8/10 [8]

View with a Room is an album by American jazz guitarist Julian Lage. It was released on 16 September 2022, through Blue Note Records. [9]

Contents

Track listing

All compositions by Julian Lage, except "Echo" by Lage and Jorge Roeder.

View with a Room track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Tributary"5:47
2."Word for Word"3:15
3."Auditorium"4:28
4."Heart Is a Drum"3:31
5."Echo"4:52
6."Chavez"4:19
7."Temple Steps"3:58
8."Castle Park"3:57
9."Let Every Room Sing"5:10
10."Fairbanks"3:55
Total length:43:12

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Julian Lage – View with a Room: Album Reviews, Songs & More at AllMusic. Retrieved May 27, 2023.
  2. Major, Michael (June 21, 2022). "Julian Lage Announces New Album With Bill Frisell & Shares First Song". BroadwayWorld . Retrieved May 28, 2023.
  3. Schube, Will (July 13, 2022). "Julian Lage Shares New Single 'Word For Word'". uDiscoverMusic . Retrieved May 28, 2023.
  4. Schube, Will (August 10, 2022). "Listen To Julian Lage's New Song 'Tributary'". uDiscoverMusic . Retrieved May 28, 2023.
  5. Horsely, Jonathan (August 31, 2022). "Watch Julian Lage Dial Up the Virtuosity in the Video for Playful New Single, "Chavez"". Guitar Player . Retrieved May 28, 2023.
  6. 1 2 Dan McClenaghan, "Julian Lage: View With A Room", album review, All About Jazz, October 20, 2022, accessdate: May 28, 2023.
  7. Stuart Nicholson, "Julian Lage: View With a Room", review ("Editor's Choice") on Jazzwise, accessdate: May 27, 2023.
  8. John Garratt, "Julian Lage and Bill Frisell Combine Abilities on 'View with a Room'", album review, PopMatters, 22 September 2022, accessdate: May 27, 2023.
  9. Julian Lage's View with a Room on Blue Note Records homepage, September 16, 2022, accessdate: May 27, 2023.