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Mira (album)

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Released
  
January 28, 2014

Studio
  
Rainbow Studio, Oslo

Label
  
ECM ECM 2307

Artist
  
Arild Andersen

Producer
  
Manfred Eicher

Recorded
  
December 2012

Length
  
62:50

Mira (2014)
  
The Rose Window (2016)

Release date
  
28 January 2014

Genre
  
Jazz

Similar
  
Achirana, If You Look Far Enough, Live At Belleville, Green Shading into Blue, Triptykon

Mira by arild andersen


Mira is an album by bassist and composer Arild Andersen recorded in late 2012 and released on the ECM label in early 2014. It is the trio's second recording following the 2008 release Live at Belleville.

Contents

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Reception

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek states "On Mira, this trio's musical language has evolved to express a different dialect, one full of inquiry, intelligence, and soul". The Guardian's John Fordham said "It's a more muted set than 2007's Live at Belleville, and softer than the band sounds in concert, but there's plenty of contrast. ...the sheer depth and lustre of this trio's sound can invite you to start purring in grateful imitation". All About Jazz reviewer John Kelmann said, "Contrasting the greater energy of Live at Belleville, the studio-born Mira may find Andersen, Smith and Vinaccia in a generally more pensive mood, but that doesn't mean there aren't moments where the trio simmers with collective heat. ...A long overdue and equally impressive follow-up—albeit for different reasons—Mira presents this trio in a different light to its 2008 debut; still, it's no surprise that Andersen, Vinaccia and Smith prove as capable of darker intents as they do more energetic exchanges".

Track listing

All compositions by Arild Andersen except where noted.

  1. "Bygone" - 6:37
  2. "Blussy" - 6:01
  3. "Alfie" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 7:06
  4. "Rossetti" - 5:37
  5. "Reparate" - 8:34
  6. "Raijin" (Tommy Smith, Paolo Vinaccia) - 3:11
  7. "Le Saleya" - 5:21
  8. "Kangiten" - 1:38
  9. "Mira" - 7:06
  10. "Eight and More" - 6:05
  11. "Stevtone" (Arild Andersen, Kirsten Bråten Berg) - 5:33

Personnel

  • Arild Andersen - bass
  • Tommy Smith - tenor saxophone, shakuhachi
  • Paolo Vinaccia - drums
  • References

    Mira (album) Wikipedia