Xieyi (album)

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Xieyi
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Studio album by
Anders Jormin
Released2001
Recorded
  • December 17, 1999
  • October 2, 2000
StudioArtisten, Göteborg
Studio Bohus, Kungälv
Genre Jazz
Length68:21
Label ECM
ECM 1762
Producer Manfred Eicher
Anders Jormin chronology
Silvae
(1999)		Xieyi
(2001)		 In Winds, In Light
(2003)

Xieyi is a solo album by Swedish jazz bassist and composer Anders Jormin recorded primarily on December 17, 1999 and released on ECM in 2001. Jormin is backed by an over-dubbed brass quartet on six tracks, recorded on October 2, 2000. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The BBC Music review by Peter Marsh called it an "impressive and rewarding release." [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Anders Jormin except as indicated

  1. "Choral" - 1:45
  2. "Giv nig ej glans - Hymn 433" (Jean Sibelius) - 6:03
  3. "I denna ljuva sommartid - Hymn 200" (Nathan Söderblom) - 4:51
  4. "Gracias a la vida" (Violeta Parra) - 2:57
  5. "Idas sommarvisa" (Georg Riedel) - 6:04
  6. "Xieyi" - 0:52
  7. "Decimas" - 5:34
  8. "Och kanske är det natt" (Stefan Forssén) - 4:10
  9. "Sul Tasto" - 1:14
  10. "Tenk" - 8:43
  11. "Sonett till Cornelis" (Forssén) - 5:28
  12. "Romance-Distance" - 1:08
  13. "Scents" - 3:02
  14. "Fragancia" (Evert Taube) - 4:10
  15. "Q" - 2:12
  16. "War Orphans" (Ornette Coleman) - 7:51
  17. "Choral" - 1:47

Personnel

Brass quartet (tracks 1, 6, 9, 12, 15 & 17)

Technical personnel

References

  1. ↑ ECM discography accessed May 19, 2014
  2. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 805. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ↑ Marsh, P., BBC Review accessed November 14, 2011
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