Forever Young (Jacob Young album)

Forever Young is an album by Norwegian guitarist and composer Jacob Young released on the ECM label in 2014.[1][2]

Forever Young
Studio album by
Jacob Young
ReleasedMay 16, 2014
RecordedAugust 2013
StudioRainbow Studio, Oslo
GenreImprovised music, Jazz
Length73:30
LabelECM
ECM 2366
ProducerManfred Eicher
Jacob Young chronology
InterStatic
(2012)		 Forever Young
(2014)		 Arise
(2014)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
All About Jazz[4]

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek says "Young's playing throughout offers great technical facility, but he is a democratic bandleader, never showy. Forever Young stands out in his catalog because it reveals an almost immeasurable growth in his compositional skills since 2007. These tunes inspire this fine band; they play as if they'd been playing them for ages".[3] In JazzTimes John Murph wrote "The airy arrangements afford Young plenty of room to showcase his comely, full-bodied sound and his effortless manner of unraveling melodically cogent improvisations. His gifts as a composer are on full display as well, and he demonstrates an intriguing way of enveloping pop and rock motifs into soft-hued modern jazz".[5] On All About Jazz John Kelman noted "Forever Young demonstrates an ability to simmer in a way that his previous ECM recordings did not. It also represents a first outing by a quintet with plenty of potential; hopefully six years won't have to pass before this intimate yet delicately expressionistic quintet can once again reconvene".[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Jacob Young.

  1. "I Lost My Heart to You" - 8:29
  2. "Therese's Gate" - 6:44
  3. "Bounce" - 7:46
  4. "We Were Dancing" - 5:52
  5. "Sofia's Dance" - 7:33
  6. "Comeback Girl" - 7:01
  7. "1970" - 6:34
  8. "Beauty" - 6:11
  9. "Time Changes" - 9:32
  10. "My Brother"- 7:43

Personnel

Production and design

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References
  1. Jacob Young discography, accessed October 24, 2016
  2. ECM Releases, accessed October 24, 2016
  3. Jurek, Thom. Forever Young – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  4. Kelman, J., All About Jazz Review, accessed October 24, 2016
  5. Murph, J., JazzTimes Review, June 2014 - accessed October 24, 2016
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