Mira (album)

Mira
Studio album by Arild Andersen
Released January 28, 2014
Recorded December 2012
Rainbow Studio, Oslo
Genre Jazz
Length 62:50
Label ECM
ECM 2307
Producer Manfred Eicher
Arild Andersen chronology
Celebration
(2012)		 Mira
(2014)		 The Rose Window
(2016)

Mira is an album by bassist and composer Arild Andersen recorded in late 2012 and released on the ECM label in early 2014.[1] It is the trio's second recording following the 2008 release Live at Belleville.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Guardian[3]
All About Jazz[4]

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek states "On Mira, this trio's musical language has evolved to express a different dialect, one full of inquiry, intelligence, and soul".[2] The Guardian's John Fordham said "It's a more muted set than 2007's Live at Belleville, and softer than the band sounds in concert, but there's plenty of contrast. ...the sheer depth and lustre of this trio's sound can invite you to start purring in grateful imitation".[3] All About Jazz reviewer John Kelmann said, "Contrasting the greater energy of Live at Belleville, the studio-born Mira may find Andersen, Smith and Vinaccia in a generally more pensive mood, but that doesn't mean there aren't moments where the trio simmers with collective heat. ...A long overdue and equally impressive follow-up—albeit for different reasons—Mira presents this trio in a different light to its 2008 debut; still, it's no surprise that Andersen, Vinaccia and Smith prove as capable of darker intents as they do more energetic exchanges".[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Arild Andersen except as indicated

  1. "Bygone" - 6:37
  2. "Blussy" - 6:01
  3. "Alfie" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 7:06
  4. "Rossetti" - 5:37
  5. "Reparate" - 8:34
  6. "Raijin" (Tommy Smith, Paolo Vinaccia) - 3:11
  7. "Le Saleya" - 5:21
  8. "Kangiten" - 1:38
  9. "Mira" - 7:06
  10. "Eight and More" - 6:05
  11. "Stevtone" (Arild Andersen, Kirsten Bråten Berg) - 5:33

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ ECM discography accessed September 19, 2016
  2. 1 2 Jurek, Thom. Arild Andersen – Mira > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
  3. 1 2 Fordham, J., Arild Andersen/Paolo Vinaccia/Tommy Smith: Mira – review, The Guardian, January 24, 2014
  4. 1 2 Kelman, J. All About Jazz Review, January 22, 2014
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