Xieyi (album)

2001 studio album by Anders Jormin

Xieyi

Studio album by

Anders Jormin

Released| 2001
Recorded|

* December 17, 1999
* October 2, 2000

Studio| Artisten, Göteborg
Studio Bohus, Kungälv
Genre| Jazz
Length| 68:21
Label| ECM
ECM 1762
Producer| Manfred Eicher
Anders Jormin chronology
| Silvae
(1999)  | Xieyi
(2001)  | In Winds, In Light
(2003)

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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.[1]

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings| [2]

The BBC Music review by Peter Marsh called it an "impressive and rewarding release."[3]

## Track listing

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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

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* Anders Jormin – bass
* Recorded December 17, 1999 at the Artisten in Göteborg, Sweden

### Brass quartet (tracks 1, 6, 9, 12, 15 & 17)

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* 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

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* 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

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1. ^ ECM discography accessed May 19, 2014
2. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 805\. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
3. ^ Marsh, P., BBC Review accessed November 14, 2011

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* MusicBrainz release group

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