War Orphans Explained

War Orphans is an album by the Bobo Stenson Trio, recorded in May 1997 and released on ECM the following year. The trio features rhythm section Anders Jormin and Jon Christensen.^[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek stated: "While the last Bobo Stenson Trio offering found the band cohesively searching for a new harmonic language together and separately as composers, on War Orphans they seem to have found it."^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Anders Jormin, except as noted.

1. "Oleo de mujer con sombrero" (Silvio Rodríguez) - 8:32
2. "Natt" - 8:10
3. "All My Life" (Ornette Coleman) - 6:25
4. "Eleventh of January" - 5:58
5. "War Orphans" (Coleman) - 6:17
6. "Sediment" (Jormin) 5:22
7. "Bengali Blue" (Bobo Stenson) 8:18
8. "Melancholia" (Duke Ellington) - 5:28

Personnel

Bobo Stenson Trio

• Bobo Stenson – piano
• Anders Jormin – bass
• Jon Christensen – drums

See also

• Robinson Crusoes of Warsaw
• Wolf children

Notes and References

1. http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1600/1604.php ECM discography
2. Jurek, T. AllMusic Review accessed October 11, 2011