Goodbye (Bobo Stenson album) explained

Goodbye
Type:	Album
Artist:	Bobo Stenson
Cover:	Goodbye (Bobo Stenson album).jpg
Released:	^[1]
Recorded:	April 2004
Studio:	Avatar, NYC
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	70:07
Label:	ECM ECM 1904
Producer:	Manfred Eicher
Chronology:	Bobo Stenson
Prev Title:	Serenity
Prev Year:	1999
Next Title:	Cantando
Next Year:	2007

Goodbye is an album by Swedish jazz pianist Bobo Stenson recorded for ECM in April 2004 and released on September 12, 2005. Stenson's trio features rhythm section Anders Jormin and Paul Motian.^[2]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek states, "Goodbye is one of, if not the most expansive and diverse collections pianist Bobo Stenson has ever released ... Goodbye is more a recording of songs than jazz pieces—at least in a traditional sense. This trio doesn't swing, they play, they slowly dance through the lyric pieces found here."^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Anders Jormin except as indicated.

1. "Send in the Clowns" (Stephen Sondheim) – 4:16
2. "Rowan" – 6:05
3. "Alfonsina" (Ariel Ramírez) – 5:11
4. "There Comes a Time" (Tony Williams) – 6:42
5. "Song About Earth" (Vladimir Vysotsky) – 7:16
6. "Seli" – 8:49
7. "Goodbye" (Gordon Jenkins) – 6:39
8. "Music for a While" (Henry Purcell) – 5:20
9. "Allegretto Rubato" – 5:27
10. "Jack of Clubs" (Paul Motian) – 2:57
11. "Sudan" (Motian) – 2:36
12. "Queer Street" (Stenson) – 2:09
13. "Triple Play" – 2:01
14. "Race Face" (Ornette Coleman) – 4:39

Personnel

Musicians

• Bobo Stenson – piano
• Anders Jormin – bass
• Paul Motian – drums

Technical personnel

• Manfred Eicher – producer
• James A. Farber – recording engineer
  • Aya Takemura – assistant engineer
• Sascha Kleis – design
• Robert Lewis – liner photography
• Ioannis Voulgarakis – cover photography

Notes and References

1. https://www.ecmrecords.com/shop/143038751751 Goodbye - Bobo Stenson, Anders Jormin, Paul Motian
2. http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1900/1904.php ECM discography
3. Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed October 18, 2011