Atmosphères (album)

Atmosphères
Studio album by
Tigran Hamasyan
ReleasedSeptember 2, 2016 (2016-09-02)
RecordedMay 2014
StudioAuditorio Stelio Molo RSI
Lugano, Switzerland
Genre
Length1:28:55
LabelECM 2414/15
ProducerManfred Eicher

Atmosphères is a double album by jazz pianist Tigran Hamasyan recorded over three days in May 2014 and released on ECM in September 2016. The quartet features trumpeter Arve Henriksen, guitarist Eivind Aarset and producer Jan Bang.[1]

Background

The producer, Manfred Eicher, brought the quartet together after hearing an excerpt on a 2013 Deutschlandfunk radio programme of Tigran Hamasyan and Jan Bang playing together at the Punkt Festival in Kristiansand.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz (Ackermann)[2]
All About Jazz (Crisafi)[3]
All About Jazz (Sullivan)[4]
All Music[5]
The Guardian[6]

Thom Jurek in his review for All Music says that this album is "make for a demanding listen (at least in one sitting). That said, it offers distinctive, illuminating, and abundant rewards to anyone who will encounter it on its own terms."[5]

In The Guardian, John Fordham gave this album three stars and says that "The pairing of Hamasyan and Henriksen, meanwhile, brings an unexpectedly song-based seductiveness to an all-improv session including such hi-tech experimenters as Aarset and Bang."[6]

Track listing

All music is composed by Tigran Hamasyan, Arve Henriksen, Eivind Aarset and Jan Bang except as noted

Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Traces I" 6:52
2."Tsirani Tsar"Komitas Vardapet5:49
3."Traces II" 4:32
4."Traces III" 5:45
5."Traces VI" 5:14
6."Traces V/Garun A"
  • Hamasyan
  • Henriksen
  • Aarset
  • Bang/Vardapet
12:39
7."Traces VI" 4:50
8."Garun A (Var.)"Vardapet3:51
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Traces VII" 9:28
2."Traces VIII" 5:59
3."Shushiki"Vardapet4:41
4."Hoy Nazan"Vardapet3:51
5."Traces IX" 5:53
6."Traces X" 5:56
7."Angel of Girona/Qeler Tsoler"Bang3:35
Total length:1:28:55

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b "Atmosphères". ECM Records. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  2. ^ "Tigran Hamasyan/Arve Henriksen/Eivind Aarset/Jan Bang: Atmosphères album review @ All About Jazz".
  3. ^ "Tigran Hamasyan, Arve Henriksen, Eivind Aarset, Jan Bang: Atmosphères album review @ All About Jazz".
  4. ^ "Tigran Hamasyan/Arve Henriksen/Eivind Aarset/Jan Bang: Atmosphères album review @ All About Jazz".
  5. ^ a b "Atmosphères (All Music Review)". All Music. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Atmosphères (The Guardian Review)". The Guardian. Retrieved June 22, 2017.