Forever Young (Jacob Young album)

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Forever Young
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Studio album by
Jacob Young
ReleasedMay 16, 2014
RecordedAugust 2013
StudioRainbow Studio, Oslo
GenreImprovised music, Jazz
Length73:30
LabelECM
ECM 2366
ProducerManfred Eicher
Jacob Young chronology

(2012) 		Forever Young
(2014)
(2014)

Forever Young is an album by Norwegian guitarist and composer Jacob Young released on the ECM label in 2014.[1][2]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4/5 stars[3]
All About Jazz4.5/5 stars[4]

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek states: "Young's playing throughout offers great technical facility, but he is a democratic bandleader, never showy. Forever Young stands out in his catalog because it reveals an almost immeasurable growth in his compositional skills since 2007. These tunes inspire this fine band; they play as if they'd been playing them for ages".[3] In JazzTimes John Murph wrote: "The airy arrangements afford Young plenty of room to showcase his comely, full-bodied sound and his effortless manner of unraveling melodically cogent improvisations. His gifts as a composer are on full display as well, and he demonstrates an intriguing way of enveloping pop and rock motifs into soft-hued modern jazz".[5] On All About Jazz John Kelman noted "Forever Young demonstrates an ability to simmer in a way that his previous ECM recordings did not. It also represents a first outing by a quintet with plenty of potential; hopefully six years won't have to pass before this intimate yet delicately expressionistic quintet can once again reconvene".[4]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Jacob Young.
  1. "I Lost My Heart to You" - 8:29
  2. "Therese's Gate" - 6:44
  3. "Bounce" - 7:46
  4. "We Were Dancing" - 5:52
  5. "Sofia's Dance" - 7:33
  6. "Comeback Girl" - 7:01
  7. "1970" - 6:34
  8. "Beauty" - 6:11
  9. "Time Changes" - 9:32
  10. "My Brother"- 7:43

Personnel[]

Production and design

References[]

  1. ^ Jacob Young discography, accessed October 24, 2016
  2. ^ ECM Releases, accessed October 24, 2016
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Jurek, Thom. Forever Young – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Kelman, J., All About Jazz Review, accessed October 24, 2016
  5. ^ Murph, J., JazzTimes Review, June 2014 - accessed October 24, 2016
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