War Orphans

Not to be confused with war orphans or war children.

War Orphans
Studio album by the Bobo Stenson Trio
Released	1998
Recorded	May 1997
Studio	Rainbow Studio Oslo, Norway
Genre	Jazz
Length	54:36
Label	ECM ECM 1604
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Bobo Stenson chronology
Reflections (1993) War Orphans (1998) Serenity (1999)

War Orphans is an album by the Bobo Stenson Trio, recorded in May 1997 and released on ECM the following year. The trio features rhythm section Anders Jormin and Jon Christensen. ^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek stated: "While the last Bobo Stenson Trio offering found the band cohesively searching for a new harmonic language together and separately as composers, on War Orphans they seem to have found it." ^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Anders Jormin, except as noted.

1. "Oleo de mujer con sombrero" (Silvio Rodríguez) - 8:32
2. "Natt" - 8:10
3. "All My Life" (Ornette Coleman) - 6:25
4. "Eleventh of January" - 5:58
5. "War Orphans" (Coleman) - 6:17
6. "Sediment" (Jormin) - 5:22
7. "Bengali Blue" (Bobo Stenson) - 8:18
8. "Melancholia" (Duke Ellington) - 5:28

Personnel

Bobo Stenson Trio

• Bobo Stenson – piano
• Anders Jormin – bass
• Jon Christensen – drums

References

1. ECM discography accessed October 11, 2011
2. Jurek, T. AllMusic Review accessed October 11, 2011
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1339. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.

See also

• Robinson Crusoes of Warsaw
• Wolf children