Balladyna (album)

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Balladyna
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Studio album by Tomasz Stańko
Released 1976
Recorded December 1975
Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg
Genre Jazz
Length 41:01
Label ECM
ECM 1071
Producer Manfred Eicher
Tomasz Stańko chronology
Twet
(1974)Twet1974
Balldyna
(1975)
Almost Green
(1978)Almost Green1978

Balladyna is an album by Polish jazz trumpeter and composer Tomasz Stańko recorded in 1975 and released on the ECM label.[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 3½ stars stating "as pleasant as it is to listen to all the way through, it is equally satisfying, and lies deep within the souls of these four adroit and accomplished musicians playing together as one".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Tomasz Stańko except as indicated
  1. "First Song" - 7:42
  2. "Tale" (Dave Holland, Tomasz Stańko, Edward Vesala) - 3:32
  3. "Num" (Vesala) 7:15
  4. "Duet" (Holland, Stańko) - 2:58
  5. "Balladyna" - 8:01
  6. "Last Song" - 6:04
  7. "Nenaliina" - 5:29

Personnel

References

  1. ECM discography accessed September 6, 2011
  2. 2.0 2.1 Nastos, M. G. Allmusic Review accessed September 6, 2011