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Birthmark (album)

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Released
  
2013

Length
  
63:21

Release date
  
2013

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
September 16, 2012

Birthmark (2013)
  
Squid Police (2014)

Label
  
Clean Feed Records

Studio
  
Namouche Studio, Lisbon

Producer
  
Rodrigo Pinheiro, Hernani Faustino, Lotte Anker

Artists
  
Lotte Anker, Hernani Faustino, Rodrigo Pinheiro

Birthmark is an album by Danish jazz saxophonist Lotte Anker with two Portuguese members of the RED Trio, pianist Rodrigo Pinheiro and double bassist Hernani Faustino. Anker played at Lisbon in 2012 with Fred Frith and Ikue Mori, and Pinheiro invited her to play on this record session. The album was released on the Portuguese Clean Feed label.

Contents

Inconsistencies birthmark piano version


Reception

In a review for All About Jazz, Mark Corroto states "Anker's command of her instruments (soprano, alto, and tenor saxophones) is exceptional. She has the full complement of sounds from overblowing to growls and at times, ineffable beauty."

Track listing

All compositions by Anker/Pinheiro/Faustino
  1. "Rise" – 8:45
  2. "Upper Bound" – 4:39
  3. "Daytime Song" – 7:54
  4. "Golden Spiral" – 13:59
  5. "Theorem" – 7:16
  6. "Dual" – 10:21
  7. "Voices" – 10:27

Personnel

  • Lotte Anker – soprano sax, alto sax, tenor sax,
  • Rodrigo Pinheiro – piano
  • Hernani Faustino - double bass

    • Songs

    1Rise8:45
    2Upper Bound4:39
    3Daytime Song7:54

    References

    Birthmark (album) Wikipedia
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