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Azimuth is the debut album by British jazz trio Azimuth featuring trumpeter Kenny Wheeler, vocalist Norma Winstone, and pianist John Taylor recorded in 1977 and released on the ECM label.[1]

Azimuth
Studio album by Azimuth
Released	1977
Recorded	March 1977
Studio	Talent Studio, Oslo
Genre	Jazz
Length	43:29
Label	ECM ECM 1099
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Azimuth chronology
Azimuth (1977) The Touchstone (1978)

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 4½ stars calling the compositions "deep improvisations, communicative and spiritual".[2]

The authors of the Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings wrote that Winstone's voice "floats with a characteristic balance between freedom and control over Taylor's minimalistic piano figures. Any doubts that these are jazz-trained and jazz-centred performers are immediately dispelled." They described the title track as "a grand acoustic edifice that constantly reveals new areas of interest."[4]

A reviewer for Aquarium Drunkard wrote: "Taylor's arpeggiated synthesizers provide the pulsing backdrop for the majority of these tracks with Winstone and Wheeler floating and weaving through the space above with improvisational interplay akin to a dance. 'The Tunnel', one of two tracks with actual poetry, has Winstone singing of the 'darkness into blackness, flying along on the rhythm track', perhaps describing the dark, reflective space the trio beautifully explore and inhabit on this ambient jazz classic."[5]

Tyran Grillo, writing for ECM Reviews, called the album "an altogether fascinating mosaic of atmospheres."[6]

Track listing

All compositions by John Taylor & Norma Winstone

1. "Sirens' Song" - 4:13
2. "O" - 6:49
3. "Azimuth" - 12:18
4. "The Tunnel" - 9:17
5. "Greek Triangle" - 2:05
6. "Jacob" - 8:47

Personnel

Azimuth

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

References

На других языках

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- [en] Azimuth (album)

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[es] Azimuth (álbum)

Azimuth [1] es el primer álbum de estudio y álbum debut de la banda vanguardista británica de jazz: Azimuth lanzado por ECM Records. Se le considera la mayor obra maestra del grupo.

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