Sideways
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 15, 2008
RecordedMay 2006
StudioRainbow Studio
Oslo, Norway
GenreImprovised music, jazz
Length56:18
LabelECM
ECM 1997
ProducerManfred Eicher
Jacob Young chronology
Evening Falls
(2002)
Sideways
(2008)
Anthem
(2011)

Sideways is an album by Norwegian guitarist and composer Jacob Young recorded in May 2006 and released on ECM in April 2008.[1][2] The quintet features trumpeter Mathias Eick, reed player Vidar Johansen and rhythm section Mats Eilertsen and Jon Christensen.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars and in its review by Matt Collar, states "Much like other ECM releases, with its mix of laid-back edginess and ambient, searching improvisations, Sideways works just as well on a cerebral, engaging level as on a background, afterglow level."[1]

On All About Jazz Budd Kopman observed "Sideways is remarkable in how its many layers interact to produce music that combines beauty and intellectual rigor," while John Kelman wrote "Young's very strength is his ability to compel and evoke in the most understated fashion. The beautifully spacious Sideways finds him comfortably evolving, bringing together his personal biculturalism with a musical cosmopolitanism that transcends any single stylistic authority."[3][4]

Track listing

All compositions by Jacob Young

  1. "Sideways" – 6:41
  2. "Time Rebel" – 5:14
  3. "Slow Bo-Bo" – 5:07
  4. "Near South End" – 5:26
  5. "Out of Night" – 10:16
  6. "Hanna's Lament" – 4:02
  7. "St. Ella" – 4:35
  8. "Maybe We Can" – 6:53
  9. "Wide Asleep" – 5:30
  10. "Gazing at Stars" – 2:03

Personnel

Production

References

  1. 1 2 3 Collar, Matt. "Jacob Young Sideways – Review". AllMusic. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
  2. "ECM discography". ECM Records. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
  3. Kopman, B., All About Jazz Review, April 8, 2008.
  4. Kelman, J., All About Jazz Review, April 11, 2008.
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