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]
| War Orphans | ||||
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| 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 | ||||
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Reception edit
| 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 edit
- All compositions by Anders Jormin, except as noted.
- "Oleo de mujer con sombrero" (Silvio Rodríguez) - 8:32
- "Natt" - 8:10
- "All My Life" (Ornette Coleman) - 6:25
- "Eleventh of January" - 5:58
- "War Orphans" (Coleman) - 6:17
- "Sediment" (Jormin) 5:22
- "Bengali Blue" (Bobo Stenson) 8:18
- "Melancholia" (Duke Ellington) - 5:28
Personnel edit
Bobo Stenson Trio edit
- Bobo Stenson – piano
- Anders Jormin – bass
- Jon Christensen – drums
References edit
- ^ ECM discography accessed October 11, 2011
- ^ a b Jurek, T. AllMusic Review accessed October 11, 2011
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1339. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.