Chants (Craig Taborn album)

2013 studio album by Craig Taborn

Chants

Studio album by

Craig Taborn

Released| April 23, 2013
Recorded| June 2012
Studio| Avatar, New York City
Genre| Jazz
Length| 64:53
Label| ECM 2326
Producer| Manfred Eicher
Craig Taborn chronology
| Avenging Angel
(2011)  | Chants
(2013)  | Flaga: Book of Angels Volume 27
(2016)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllAboutJazz| [1]
Allmusic| [2]
Down Beat| [3]
Financial Times| [4]
Tom Hull| B+[5]

Chants is an album by the Craig Taborn Trio recorded in New York in June 2012 and released on ECM April the following year. The trio features Taborn on piano with rhythm section Thomas Morgan and Gerald Cleaver.[6]

## Reception

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The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album four stars, stating "Chants is a strong statement from Taborn both as a composer and bandleader, but it's also a dialogue on the trio format itself, as articulated by this vastly talented, thought-provoking group."[2]

The Financial Times also gave it four stars out of five, describing it as "exuberant trio music with an exceptional group dynamic".[4]

All About Jazz critic John Kelman praised the album, writing, "Chants is an album that augments the label's already vast collection of piano trio recordings with an unmistakably personal album whose hidden beauty unveils itself further with each and every listen."[7]

Down Beat awarded it 4.5 stars, stating that the album "is original to its core".[3]

The album was also nominated for "Record of the Year" 2014 by the Jazz Journalists Association (but lost to Wayne Shorter's Without a Net).[8][9]

## Track listing

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All compositions by Craig Taborn.

1. "Saints" – 5:22
2. "Beat the Ground" – 4:03
3. "In Chant" – 8:21
4. "Hot Blood" – 3:52
5. "All True Night/Future Perfect" – 12:46
6. "Cracking Hearts" – 7:08
7. "Silver Ghosts" – 7:36
8. "Silver Days or Love" – 8:24
9. "Speak the Name" – 6:57

## Personnel

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### Craig Taborn Trio

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* Craig Taborn – piano
* Thomas Morgan – bass
* Gerald Cleaver – drums

## Charts

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Chart  | Peak
position (2013)

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US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard)[10] | 12

## References

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1. ^ AllAboutJazz review by Dan McClenaghan, accessed November 28, 2015
2. ^ a b Jurek, Thom Allmusic review accessed April 28, 2013
3. ^ a b Micallef, Ken (July 2013) "Craig Taborn Trio: Chants" Down Beat, p. 59.
4. ^ a b Hobart, Mike (May 11–12, 2013) "Jazz" Financial Times, p. 17 (Life & Arts).
5. ^ "Tom Hull: Grade List: Craig Taborn". Tom Hull. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
6. ^ ECM discography Archived 2013-04-23 at the Wayback Machine accessed April 28, 2013
7. ^ Kelman, John All About Jazz accessed April 28, 2013
8. ^ Jazz Journalists Association [1] Archived 2014-04-20 at the Wayback Machine accessed April 16, 2014
9. ^ Jazz Journalists Association [2] Archived 2014-04-16 at the Wayback Machine accessed April 16, 2014
10. ^ "Craig Taborn Chart History (Top Jazz Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 28 January 2022.

## External links

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* Chants ECM EPK

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.

Studio albums|

* Craig Taborn Trio (1994)
* Light Made Lighter (2001)
* Junk Magic (2004)
* Avenging Angel (2010)
* Chants (2012)
* Flaga: Book of Angels Volume 27 (2015)
* Daylight Ghosts (2016)
* Highsmith (with Ikue Mori, 2017)
* Golden Valley Is Now (with Reid Anderson and Dave King, 2018)
* Compass Confusion (2020)

Live albums|

* Ljubljana (2015)
* Octopus (with Kris Davis, 2016)
* The Transitory Poems (with Vijay Iyer, 2018)
* Shadow Plays (2020)

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