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Xieyi (album)

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Xieyi
Studio album by
Released2001
Recorded
  • December 17, 1999
  • October 2, 2000
StudioArtisten, Göteborg
Studio Bohus, Kungälv
GenreJazz
Length68:21
LabelECM
ECM 1762
ProducerManfred 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]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[2]

The BBC Music review by Peter Marsh called it an "impressive and rewarding release."[3]

Track listing

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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

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  • Anders Jorminbass
    • Recorded December 17, 1999 at the Artisten in Göteborg, Sweden

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

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  • Robin Rydqvist – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Lars-Goran Carlsson – trombone
  • Nicolas Rydh – bass trombone
  • Krister Petersson – French horn
    • Recorded October 2, 2000 at Studio Bohus in Kungälv, Sweden

Technical personnel

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  • Manfred Eicher – producer
  • Johannes Lundberg – engineer
    • Mixed and edited at Studio Bunkern, Gothenburg
  • Åke Linton (tracks: 1, 6, 9, 12, 15, 17) – recording engineer (brass quartet)
  • Sascha Kleis – design
  • Vladimir Jedlička – cover photo
  • Rolf Ohlson – liner photo
  • Anders Jormin – liner notes

References

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  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