The Pilgrim and the Stars
| The Pilgrim and the Stars | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1975 | |||
| Recorded | June 1975 | |||
| Studio | Tonstudio Bauer Ludwigsburg, W. Germany | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 39:42 | |||
| Label | ECM 1063 ST | |||
| Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
| Enrico Rava chronology | ||||
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The Pilgrim and the Stars is an album by Italian jazz trumpeter and composer Enrico Rava recorded in June 1975 and released on ECM later that year—his debut for the label. The quartet features rhythm section John Abercrombie, Palle Danielsson and Jon Christensen.[1]
Reception[edit]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
The AllMusic review by Matt Collar awarded the album 4 stars stating:
"Enrico Rava's debut for ECM, 1975's The Pilgrim and the Stars, is a stellar progressive jazz effort from the Italian trumpeter who was then just coming into his own... This is just the kind of contemplative and experimental Euro-jazz that ECM made its name on, but with some seriously cinematic post-bop guts. In that sense, The Pilgrim and the Stars sounds something akin to a soundtrack to a '70s neo-noir film—albeit a deliciously avant-garde one."[2]
Track listing[edit]
All tracks are written by Enrico Rava except as noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Pilgrim and the Stars" | 9:45 |
| 2. | "Parks" | 1:48 |
| 3. | "Bella" | 9:20 |
| Total length: | 20:53 | |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Pesce Naufrago" | 5:15 | |
| 2. | "Surprise Hotel" | 1:55 | |
| 3. | "By the Sea" |
| 4:49 |
| 4. | "Blancasnow" | 6:50 | |
| Total length: | 18:49 39:42 | ||
Personnel[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ ECM discography accessed September 6, 2011
- ^ a b Collar, M. Allmusic Review accessed September 6, 2011
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1193. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
