Bro, Jakob / Returnings
Album: Returnings   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Bro, Jakob   Added:Apr 2018
Label:Ecm Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2018-04-29 Pull Date: 2018-07-01 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Jul 1 Jun 17 May 13
Airplays: 1 3 1

Recent Airplay
1. Jun 29, 2021: Old Fart at Play (rebroadcast from Jun 15, 2018)
Returnings
4. Jun 16, 2018: Music Casserole
Returnings
2. Jul 06, 2018: Old Fart at Play
Song For Nikolai
5. Jun 15, 2018: Old Fart at Play
Returnings
3. Jun 29, 2018: Old fart at Play
Song For Nikolai
6. Jun 13, 2018: Goggles Optional
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Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2018-04-08
Reviewed: 2018-04-20
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: On this disc, Bro and his band take their time. Bro’s music is not about flash and bravura; it subtly floats through quiet details, creating sound paintings of depth, warmth and beauty. Bro is joined on this set by three like-minded admirers of musical soundscapes.
If You Like: Bjorn Meyer, Enrico Rava, Sigur Ros
Track Review (favorites denoted by*):
1/ Oktober (4:20) – guitar starts> slow jam> slow fade
*2/ Strands (4:45) – guitar starts> slow jam> flugelhorn solo> fade
*3/ Song For Nicolai (5:21) – guitar starts> slow jam> floating guitar solo> flugelhorn solo> quick stop
*4/ View (8:43) – drums start> slow jam> bass solo/duet with drums> slow jam> guitar solo> slow space jam> fade
5/ Lyskaster (5;04) - guitar starts> slow jam like welcoming a sunrise> guitar solo> flugelhorn solo> slow jam> fade on cymbals
6/ Hamsun (5:16) – guitar starts> slow jam> guitar/bass duet> slow jam> fade on bass
*7/ Returnings (5:38) – guitar starts, sounding like an organ> slow jam like travelling through a snowstorm> flugelhorn solo> slow jam> slow fade
8/ Youth (2:38) – flugelhorn starts> slow haunting jam> slow fade

Track Listing
1. Oktober   5. Lykaster
2. Strands   6. Hamsun
3. Song For Nikolai   7. Returnings
4. View   8. Youth