The Third Man (album)

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The Third Man
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Studio album by
Enrico Rava and Stefano Bollani
ReleasedOctober 10, 2007
RecordedNovember 2006
Auditorio Radio Svizzera, Lugano
GenreJazz
Length72:02
LabelECM
ECM 2020
ProducerManfred Eicher
Enrico Rava chronology
The Words and the Days
(2005) 		The Third Man
(2007) 		New York Days
(2009)

The Third Man is an album by Italian jazz trumpeter and composer Enrico Rava and pianist Stefano Bollani recorded in Switzerland in 2006 and released on the ECM label.[1]

Reception[]

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "The Third Man is a brilliant collaboration and a beautifully accessible as well as adventurous offering".[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings says that the album is “a relatively unusual record for the trumpeter in its spareness, but it stands with his very finest work.”[3]

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

Track listing[]

All compositions by Enrico Rava except as indicated
  1. "Estate" (, Bruno Martino) - 8:39
  2. "The Third Man" (Stefano Bollani, Enrico Rava) - 5:10
  3. "Sun Bay" - 4:35
  4. "Retrato Em Branco y Preto" (Antonio Carlos Jobim) - 7:46
  5. "Birth of a Butterfly" - 7:28
  6. "Cumpari" - 4:51
  7. "Sweet Light" - 6:11
  8. "Santa Teresa" (Bollani) - 4:48
  9. "Felipe" (Moacir Santos) - 5:10
  10. "In Search of Titina" - 4:27
  11. "Retrato Em Branco y Preto, Var." (Jobim) - 7:42
  12. "Birth of a Butterfly, Var." - 5:15

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ ECM discography accessed October 26, 2011
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed October 26, 2011
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1195. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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