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Litania

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Released
  
1997

Artist
  
Tomasz Stańko

Label
  
ECM Records

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
65:22

Release date
  
1997

Producer
  
Manfred Eicher

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Recorded
  
February 1997 Rainbow Studio, Oslo

Litania (1997)
  
From the Green Hill (1998)

Similar
  
Tomasz Stańko albums, Jazz albums

Litania is an album by Polish jazz trumpeter and composer Tomasz Stańko featuring compositions by Krzysztof Komeda recorded in 1997 and released on the ECM label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Depending on one's musical tastes, the results are either dull or intriguing, but definitely picturesque and cinematic".

Track listing

All compositions by Krzysztof Komeda
  1. "Svantetic" - 11:01
  2. "Sleep Safe and Warm (Version 1)" - 3:07
  3. "Night-Time, Daytime Requiem" - 21:47
  4. "Ballada" - 4:17
  5. "Litania" - 6:52
  6. "Sleep Safe and Warm (Version 2)" - 2:42
  7. "Repetition" - 3:54
  8. "Ballad for Bernt" - 3:43
  9. "The Witch" - 5:28
  10. "Sleep Safe and Warm (Version 3)" - 2:06

Personnel

  • Tomasz Stańko - trumpet
  • Bernt Rosengren - tenor saxophone
  • Joakim Milder - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
  • Terje Rypdal - electric guitar
  • Bobo Stenson - piano
  • Palle Danielsson - bass
  • Jon Christensen - drums

    • Songs

    Svantetic11:05
    Sleep Safe and Warm3:12
    Night-Time - Daytime Requiem21:51

    References

    Litania Wikipedia
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