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Azimuth '85 is the fourth and next-to-last album by British jazz trio Azimuth featuring trumpeter Kenny Wheeler, vocalist Norma Winstone, and pianist John Taylor recorded in 1985 and released on the ECM label.[1]

Azimuth '85
Studio album by Azimuth
Released	1985
Recorded	March 1985
Studio	Rainbow Studios, Oslo
Genre	Jazz
Length	44:19
Label	ECM ECM 1298
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Azimuth chronology
Départ (1980) Azimuth '85 (1985) How It Was Then... Never Again (1994)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[3]

The AllMusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 3 stars calling stating "It's an acquired taste, but if you do, you'll not let go".[2]

The authors of the Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings expressed disappointment in the album, calling it "an unconfident step back," and stating that the band "fell into the trap... of letting a style become a manner."[3]

Tyran Grillo, writing for ECM Reviews, called the album "Azimuth's zenith and another significant chapter of ECM’s backstory," and commented: "Essential for many reasons, not least of all for Taylor, who plays as if he were holding an inanimate body in his hands, tracing its every contour until it comes back to life."[4]

Track listing

All compositions by John Taylor and lyrics by Norma Winstone except as indicated

1. "Adios Iony" - 7:00
2. "Dream/Lost Song" - 5:55
3. "Who Are You?" (Kenny Wheeler, Jane White) - 3:42
4. "Breathtaking" - 6:25
5. "Potion 1" - 2:17
6. "February Daze" - 6:20
7. "Til Bakeblikk" - 9:04
8. "Potion 2" - 3:36

Personnel

Azimuth

• John Taylor — piano, organ
• Kenny Wheeler — trumpet, flugelhorn
• Norma Winstone — vocals

References

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