Azimuth '85

Azimuth '85 is the fourth and next-to-last album by British jazz trio Azimuth featuring trumpeter Kenny Wheeler, vocalist Norma Winstone, and pianist John Taylor recorded in 1985 and released on the ECM label.[1]

Azimuth '85
Studio album by
Azimuth
Released1985
RecordedMarch 1985
StudioRainbow Studios, Oslo
GenreJazz
Length44:19
LabelECM
ECM 1298
ProducerManfred Eicher
Azimuth chronology
Départ
(1980)		 Azimuth '85
(1985)		 How It Was Then... Never Again
(1994)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]

The AllMusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 3 stars calling stating "It's an acquired taste, but if you do, you'll not let go".[2]

The authors of the Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings expressed disappointment in the album, calling it "an unconfident step back," and stating that the band "fell into the trap... of letting a style become a manner."[3]

Tyran Grillo, writing for Between Sound and Space, called the album "Azimuth's zenith and another significant chapter of ECM’s backstory," and commented: "Essential for many reasons, not least of all for Taylor, who plays as if he were holding an inanimate body in his hands, tracing its every contour until it comes back to life."[4]

Track listing
All compositions by John Taylor and lyrics by Norma Winstone except as indicated
  1. "Adios Iony" – 7:00
  2. "Dream/Lost Song" – 5:55
  3. "Who Are You?" (Kenny Wheeler, Jane White) – 3:42
  4. "Breathtaking" – 6:25
  5. "Potion 1" – 2:17
  6. "February Daze" – 6:20
  7. "Til Bakeblikk" – 9:04
  8. "Potion 2" – 3:36

Personnel
Azimuth

References
  1. ECM discography Archived 2012-02-13 at the Wayback Machine accessed September 23, 2011
  2. Nastos, M. G. Allmusic Review accessed September 23, 2011
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1992). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP and Cassette. Penguin Books. p. 48.
  4. Grillo, Tyran (December 21, 2011). "Azimuth '85". Between Sound and Space. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
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