The Promise (Vassilis Tsabropoulos album) explained

The Promise
Type:	Album
Artist:	Vassilis Tsabropoulos
Cover:	The_Promise_(Vassalis_Tsabropoulos_album).jpg
Released:	2009
Recorded:	January 2008
Studio:	Dimitris Mitropoulos Hall Megaron, Athens
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	54:58
Label:	ECM
Producer:	Manfred Eicher
Chronology:	Vassilis Tsabropoulos
Prev Title:	Melos
Prev Year:	2007

The Promise is a solo album by Greek composer and pianist Vassilis Tsabropoulos recorded in January 2008 and released on ECM the following year.^[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 3½ stars stating "This album lives up to its under-the-surface, ruminative nature, but should be slotted in for the appropriate mood or time of evening, when lights are either very low, or turned off."^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Vassilis Tsabropoulos

1. "The Other" - 5:07
2. "Tale of a Man" - 6:00
3. "Smoke and Mirrors" - 6:59
4. "Pearl" - 3:10
5. "The Promise" - 5:14
6. "The Other, var. I" 3:50
7. "Djivaeri" - 4:43
8. "The Insider" - 7:01
9. "Confession" - 3:56
10. "Promenade" - 4:57
11. "The Other, var. II" - 4:01

Personnel

• Vassilis Tsabropoulos – piano

Notes and References

1. http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/2000/2081.php ECM discography
2. Nastos, M. G. Allmusic Review accessed November 18, 2011