Promises Kept (Steve Kuhn album)

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Promises Kept
Promises Kept (Steve Kuhn album).jpg
Studio album by
Steve Kuhn
ReleasedApril 27, 2004
RecordedJune and September 2000
Edison Studios, New York City
GenreJazz
Length58:21
LabelECM
ECM 1815
ProducerManfred Eicher
Steve Kuhn chronology
The Best Things
(2000) 		Promises Kept
(2004)
(2007)

Promises Kept is an album by American jazz pianist and composer Steve Kuhn with strings recorded in 2000 and released on the ECM label.[1]

Reception[]

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars stating "this is one of the finest recordings Kuhn has ever issued. Simply put, for all the decades spent adventuring on the boundaries where various traditions blur, the pianist and composer articulate direct emotion as the most effective communicator here, no matter what terrain is navigated in form. A breathtaking and intimate outing, this is a career-topping effort".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4.5/5 stars[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings3/4 stars[3]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Steve Kuhn.
  1. "Lullaby" - 4:45
  2. "Life's Backward Glance" - 5:03
  3. "Trance" - 8:12
  4. "Morning Dew" - 5:34
  5. "Promises Kept" - 5:19
  6. "Adagio" - 7:31
  7. "Celtic Princess" - 5:10
  8. "Nostalgia" - 5:27
  9. "Oceans in the Sky" - 5:40
  10. "Pastorale" - 5:40

Personnel[]

String Ensemble conducted by Carlos Franzetti

  • Violins - Krista Bennion Feeney, Elizabeth Lim-Dutton, Richard Sortomme, Karl Kawahara, Barry Finclair, Helen Kim, Robert Shaw, Carol Pool, Anca Nicolau
  • Violas - Sue Pray, Vince Lionti, Karen Ritscher
  • Celli - Stephanie Cummins, Richard Locker, Joshua Gordon

References[]

  1. ^ ECM discography accessed November 15, 2011
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed November 15, 2011
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 852. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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