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.ECM discography accessed May 19, 2014
Reception
The BBC Music review by Peter Marsh called it an "impressive and rewarding release."Marsh, P., BBC Review accessed November 14, 2011
Track listing All compositions by Anders Jormin except as indicated "Choral" - 1:45 "Giv nig ej glans - Hymn 433" (Jean Sibelius) - 6:03 "I denna ljuva sommartid - Hymn 200" (Nathan Söderblom) - 4:51 "Gracias a la vida" (Violeta Parra) - 2:57 "Idas sommarvisa" (Georg Riedel) - 6:04 "Xieyi" - 0:52 "Decimas" - 5:34 "Och kanske är det natt" (Stefan Forssén) - 4:10 "Sul Tasto" - 1:14 "Tenk" - 8:43 "Sonett till Cornelis" (Forssén) - 5:28 "Romance-Distance" - 1:08 "Scents" - 3:02 "Fragancia" (Evert Taube) - 4:10 "Q" - 2:12 "War Orphans" (Ornette Coleman) - 7:51 "Choral" - 1:47 Personnel Anders Jormin – bass Recorded December 17, 1999 at the Artisten in Göteborg, Sweden
Brass quartet (tracks 1, 6, 9, 12, 15 & 17) 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 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
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