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War Orphans is an album by the Swedish pianist Bobo Stenson, recorded in 1997 and released on the ECM label.[1]

War Orphans
Studio album by Bobo Stenson
Released	1998
Recorded	May 1997
Genre	Jazz
Length	54:36
Label	ECM
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Bobo Stenson chronology
Reflections (1993) War Orphans (1998) Serenity (1999)

Reception

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek stated: "While the last Bobo Stenson Trio offering found the band cohesively searching for a new harmonic language together and separately as composers, on War Orphans they seem to have found it".[2]

Professional ratings

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

Track listing

All compositions by Anders Jormin except as indicated

1. "Oleo de Mujer Con Sombrero" (Silvio Rodríguez) - 8:32
2. "Natt" - 8:10
3. "All My Life" (Ornette Coleman) - 6:25
4. "Eleventh of January" - 5:58
5. "War Orphans" (Coleman) - 6:17
6. "Sediment" (Jormin) 5:22
7. "Bengali Blue" (Bobo Stenson) 8:18
8. "Melancholia" (Duke Ellington) - 5:28

• Recorded at the Rainbow Studio in Oslo, Norway in May 1997

Personnel

• Bobo Stenson — piano
• Anders Jormin — bass
• Jon Christensen — drums

References

See also

• Robinson Crusoes of Warsaw
• Wolf children

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