From the Green Hill

From the Green Hill
Studio album by
Tomasz Stańko
Released1998
RecordedAugust 1998
StudioRainbow Studio
Oslo, Norway
GenreJazz
Length73:33
LabelECM
ECM 1680
ProducerManfred Eicher
Tomasz Stańko chronology
Litania – Music of Krzysztof Komeda
(1997) 		From the Green Hill
(1998) 		Soul of Things
(2002)

From the Green Hill is an album by Polish jazz trumpeter and composer Tomasz Stańko recorded in August 1998 and released on ECM later that year. The sextet features reed player John Surman, bandoneonist Dino Saluzzi, violinist Michelle Makarski, and rhythm section Anders Jormin and Jon Christensen.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating:

Over 14 tunes, Tomasz Stanko reveals once again why he is a bandleader of great authority and integrity. This is an ensemble of powerful individuals and no less than three composers among them. Stanko's arrangements are carried out with equanimity and grace as well as precision and musicality. The result is an album that, while not as attention grabbing as Litania, is as musically inventive and challenging as its predecessor, and wholly more satisfying than most of what comes from Eastern Europe in the name of jazz at the end of the 20th century.[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Tomasz Stańko except as indicated
  1. "Domino" (John Surman) – 8:06
  2. "Litania (Part One) (Krzysztof Komeda) – 2:41
  3. "Stone Ridge" (Surman) – 8:00
  4. "...y despues de todo" – 3:59
  5. "Litania (Part Two)" (Komeda) – 2:06
  6. "Quintet's Time" – 6:48
  7. "Pantronic" – 3:07
  8. "The Lark in the Dark" – 6:41
  9. "Love Theme from Farewell to Maria" – 6:21
  10. "...from the Green Hill" – 7:46
  11. "Buschka" – 7:10
  12. "Roberto Zucco" – 2:57
  13. "Domino's Intro" (Surman) – 1:03
  14. "Argentyna" – 6:48

Personnel

References

  1. ^ ECM discography accessed October 13, 2011
  2. ^ a b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed October 13, 2011
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1337. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.