Bobo Stenson: A Discography

Budd Kopman

CD/DVD Reviewer since 2004

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Published: March 9, 2006

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The twenty-three minute piece has a ten minute symphonic section, after which the quartet makes its entrance, and from then on the two groups interact. The purely orchestral music can be quite beautiful, sounding vaguely of Sibelius, but definitely Nordic. The jazz improvisations are solid and Farnlof gets a gorgeous flugelhorn sound. This is very early Stenson, but the basics of his style are audible.

Tracks and Personnel

Goodbye

Tracks: Send In The Clowns; Rowan; Alfonsina; There Comes A Time; Song About Earth; Seli; Goodbye; Music For A While; Allegretto Rubato; Jack Of Clubs; Sudan; Queer Street; Triple Play; Race Face.

Personnel: Bobo Stenson: piano; Anders Jormin: double-bass; Paul Motian: drums.

Serenity

Tracks: CD1: T.; West Print; North Print; East Print; South Print; Polska Of Despair (II); Golden Rain; Swee Pea; Simple & Sweet; Der Pflaumenbaum; CD2: El Mayor; Fader V (Father World); Extra Low; Die Nachtigall; Rimbaud Gedicht; Polska of Despair (I); Tonus.

Personnel: Bobo Stenson: piano; Anders Jormin: double bass; Jon Christensen: drums.

:rarum VIII

Tracks: East Print; Svevende; What Reason Could I Give?; Oleo de mujer con sombrero; Father V; Song; Morning Heavy Song; Golden Rain; Witchi-Tai-To; Reflection in D; Untitled; Little Peace; Ahayu-Da.

Personnel: Bobo Stenson: piano; Anders Jormin: double-bass; Jon Christensen: drums; Jan Garbarek; tenor and soprano saxophone; Palle Danielsson double-bass; Don Cherry: trumpet; Charles Lloyd: tenor saxophone; Billy Hart: drums; Tomasz Stanko: trumpet; Tony Oxley: drums; Arild Andersen: double-bass; Anders Kjellberg: drums; Okay Temiz: percussion.

War Orphans

Tracks: Oleo de mujer con sombrero; Natt; All My Life; Eleventh Of January; War Orphans; Sediment; Bengali Blues; Melancholia.

Personnel: Bobo Stenson: piano; Anders Jormin: double-bass; Jon Christensen: drums.

Reflections

Tracks: The Enlightener; My Man's Gone Now; NOT; Dorrmattan; Q; Reflections in D; 12 Tones Old; Mindiatyr.

Personnel: Bobo Stenson: piano; Anders Jormin: double-bass; Jon Christensen: drums.

Very Early

Tracks: Moon And Sand; Some Other Spring; Very Early; Autumn In New York; Coming On The Bike; Pavane; Satellite; Sorg; Ramblin'.

Personnel: Bobo Stenson: piano; Anders Jormin: bass; Rune Carlsson: drums.

Plunge with Bobo Stenson

Tracks: Lingua Franca; Wrestler; Back and Forth; Prolog; 12 Tones Old; Three Characters; Humble Rumble; Levitation; Castor; Gears; A Moment of Clarity; Dense Image; Visit by Onkel Time; Ethos Gives Posture.

Personnel: Andreas Andersson: saxophones; Bobo Stenson: piano; Matthias Hjorth: bass; Peter Nilsson: drums.

Seven Pieces

Tracks: Spiraltrappan; The Don; 4; Lena's Tune; Skalovningar; Ornette Or Not; Chris-Chros.

Personnel: Lennart Aberg: soprano, tenor saxophone, flute; Bobo Stenson: piano; Palle Danielsson: double-bass; Peter Erskine: drums (except 2,6); Fredrik Noren: trumpet (1,3,5,7); Peter Asplund: trumpet (1,2,3,5,6,7); Magnus Broo: trumpet (1,3,5,7); Bosse Broberg: trumpet (3,7); Bertil Strandberg: trombone (1,3,5,7); Mattis Cederberg: bass trombone (1,3,5,7); Magnus Peterson: french horn (1,3,5); Hakan Brostrom: alto, soprano saxophones, flute (1,3,5,7); David Wilczewski: tenor, soprano saxophones, flute (1,3,5,7); Erik Nilsson: baritone saxophone, bass clarinet, flute (1,3,5,7); Mattias Stahl: marimba, vibraphone (1,2,3,5,6,7); Daniel Karlsson: synthesizer (1,3,5,7); Johan Lofcranz: drums (2,6).

In So Many Words

Tracks: The Picture; Where the Roof Meets the Sky; The Blues; My Favourite Things; Everywhere I Go; The Come On; When the Rain Falls; Detour Ahead; The Games We Play; The Shifting of the Winds.

Personnel: Trine-Lise Vaering: voice; Bobo Stenson: piano; Mads Vinding: bass; Alex Riel: drums.

Epilogue - The Music of Borje Fredriksson

Tracks: Intervall; Epilogue I; Hovmastar Rock (Head-waiter rock); Tio sma sota (Ten little sweet darlings); Blues 55; Epilogue II; En berattelse (A story); Back Beat Blues; Amandas villa (Amandas house); Master; Epilogue III.

Personnel: Joakim Milder: tenor saxophone; Bobo Stenson: piano; Palle Danielsson: double-bass; Fredrik Noren: drums.

Seven Footprints To Heaven

Tracks: They Say It Is Wonderful; Seven Steps To Heaven; Footprints; Little Girl In Blue; I Got The Blues In Santa Cruz; The Ballad Of The Sad Young Men; For My Lady; Gratitude; Black Magic; My Foolish Heart; Pannonica; To Welcome The Day.

Personnel: Rune Carlsson: vocal (1-12), drums (3,5); Bernt Rosengren: tenor saxophone; Ulf Andersson: alto saxophone; Goran Strandberg: piano (1-9); Hans Backenroth: bass (1-9); Bengt Stark: drums (1-9); Bobo Stenson: piano (10,11,12).

Litania - Music of Krzysztof Komeda

Tracks: Svantetic; Sleep Safe And Warm; Night-time; Daytime Requiem; Ballada; Litania; Sleep Safe And Warm; Repetition; Ballad For Bernt; The Witch; Sleep Safe And Warm.

Personnel: Tomasz Stanko: trumpet; Bernt Rosengren: tenor saxophone; Joachim Milder: tenor and soprano saxophone; Bobo Stenson: piano; Palle Danielsson: double-bass; Jon Christensen: drums; Terje Rypdal: guitar.

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