War Orphans
{{Not to be confused with|war orphans|war children}}{{Infobox album
| name = War Orphans
| type = Album
| artist = the Bobo Stenson Trio
| cover = War Orphans.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1998
| recorded = May 1997
| venue =
| studio = Rainbow Studio
Oslo, Norway
| genre = Jazz
| length = 54:36
| label = ECM
ECM 1604
| producer = Manfred Eicher
| chronology = Bobo Stenson
| prev_title = Reflections
| prev_year = 1993
| next_title = Serenity
| next_year = 1999
}}
War Orphans is an album by the Bobo Stenson Trio, recorded in May 1997 and released on ECM the following year. The trio features rhythm section Anders Jormin and Jon Christensen.[http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1600/1604.php ECM discography] accessed October 11, 2011
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
| rev2score = {{Rating|4|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1339}}
}}The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek stated: "While the last Bobo Stenson Trio offering found the band cohesively searching for a new harmonic language together and separately as composers, on War Orphans they seem to have found it."Jurek, T. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/war-orphans-r355640/review AllMusic Review] accessed October 11, 2011
Track listing
:All compositions by Anders Jormin, except as noted.
- "Oleo de mujer con sombrero" (Silvio Rodríguez) - 8:32
- "Natt" - 8:10
- "All My Life" (Ornette Coleman) - 6:25
- "Eleventh of January" - 5:58
- "War Orphans" (Coleman) - 6:17
- "Sediment" (Jormin) 5:22
- "Bengali Blue" (Bobo Stenson) 8:18
- "Melancholia" (Duke Ellington) - 5:28
Personnel
= Bobo Stenson Trio =
- Bobo Stenson – piano
- Anders Jormin – bass
- Jon Christensen – drums
References
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See also
{{Bobo Stenson}}
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