Xieyi (album)

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.

Reception

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

Track listing

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

• 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

References