Rea (album) explained

Rea
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Nik Bärtsch's Ronin
Cover:	Rea (album).jpg
Released:	2004
Recorded:	May 2003
Studio:	Radiostudio Zürich
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	64:17
Label:	Tonus Music TON 015
Producer:	Nik Bärtsch
Chronology:	Nik Bärtsch
Prev Title:	Live
Prev Year:	2004
Next Title:	Aer
Next Year:	2004

Rea is an album by Swiss pianist and composer Nik Bärtsch's band Ronin recorded in Zürich in 2003 and first released on the Tonus Music label.^[1]

Reception

On All About Jazz Budd Kopman noted "Rea has an overall sound in between that of Ronin's Stoa and Mobile's Aer".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Nik Bärtsch except where noted.

1. "Modul 27" (Andreas Hunziker, Nik Bärtsch, Sha, Thomas Tavano) – 10:05
2. "Modul 22" – 16:38
3. "Modul 18" – 6:45
4. "Modul 26" – 18:14
5. "Modul 23" – 12:35

Personnel

• Nik Bärtsch – electric piano
  • • Björn Meyer – bass Kaspar Rast – drums Andi Pupato – percussion
• Sha – bass clarinet (tracks 1 & 4)
• Thomy Geiger – tenor saxophone (track 4)
• Michael Gassmann – trumpet (track 4)

Notes and References

1. http://www.discogs.com/Nik-B%C3%A4rtschs-Ronin-Rea/release/1712884 Discogs album entry
2. Kopman, B., Nik Bartsch: The Road To Stoa, June 28, 2007