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From the Green Hill | 
| Artists: Tomasz Stanko, John Surman, Dino Saluzzi, Anders Jormin
Label: ECM
Category: Music
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 6299
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 731454733625
EAN: 0731454733625
ASIN: B00002DDZK
Release Date: October 18, 1999
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| Tracks:
| • | Domino | | • | Litania | | • | Stone Ridge | | • | Y Despues De Todo | | • | Litania (2) | | • | Quintet's Time | | • | Pantronic | | • | Lark In The Dark | | • | Love Theme | | • | From The Green Hill | | • | Buschka | | • | Obert Zucco | | • | Argentyna |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk Review
If ever a recording lends itself easily to facile journalistic text-bites--it's the Tomasz Stanko tango album! Pensive Polish trumpet player explores the music of his Eastern European roots! If there were such as thing as Argentine klezmer, surely Stanko would have the genre to himself!--and so on. Oddly enough, all of the foregoing appear to be at least half-right in purely musical terms. In addition to Stanko's trumpet and the crisp rhythm section of Anders Jormin and Jon Christensen, there are other ECM stalwarts here in the diverse shapes of Dino Saluzzi, whose contribution on bandoneon is partly responsible for all three of the above impressions, and John Surman, who tellingly augments his trademark baritone sax with some less-than-usual clarinet work. Michelle Makarsk's violin completes the overall flavour of what is, in effect, a very successful trans-generic album. With compositions by Stanko, Surman and Krysztof Komeda, the whole is a sprightly, angular take on jazz-as-not-jazz. The production is well-suited to the music, being slightly more in-your-face than is customary for both Stanko and ECM in general. --Roger Thomas
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| Customer Reviews:
A very unique album with a unique place in music! March 27, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have owned this album for nearly 6 years now and it still holds the same appeal it did when I bought it. Unlike most other albums that I love, I didn't listen to it to death in the first week and forgot about it. It has just constantly come out often when I am in a particular mood and hits the spot time after time for 6 years.The blend of the musicians is special. Anders Jormin is a special bassist whose sound is unmistakable and who is as brave as he is constant. Jon Christensen is exactly the drummer you need for this kind of music without clear definition. Then John Surman (on Baritone, a great choice for this blend), the almighty Dino Saluzzi on bandoneon and Tomasz with his special trumpet sound form an unlikely but extremely successful combination that is so unique that it deserves a genre of its own. This music also swings. Argentyna and Farewell to Maria swings hardest to me and everyone's solo is powerful. The introductory melodies are also great. I own more than 600 jazz CDs, this is one of the top 4.
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