Promises Kept
Studio album by
Steve Kuhn
ReleasedApril 27, 2004
RecordedJune and September 2000
StudioEdison Studios
New York City
GenreJazz
Length58:21
LabelECM
ECM 1815
ProducerManfred Eicher
Steve Kuhn chronology
Live in Japan Vol.1 & Vol.2
(2004) 		Promises Kept
(2004) 		Easy to Love
(2004)

Promises Kept is an album by American jazz pianist and composer Steve Kuhn—credited to Steve Kuhn with Strings—recorded in 2000 and released on ECM in April 2004. Kuhn is backed by bassist David Finck and a fifteen-strong string ensemble conducted by Carlos Franzetti.[1]

Reception

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

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars stating "this is one of the finest recordings Kuhn has ever issued. Simply put, for all the decades spent adventuring on the boundaries where various traditions blur, the pianist and composer articulate direct emotion as the most effective communicator here, no matter what terrain is navigated in form. A breathtaking and intimate outing, this is a career-topping effort."[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Steve Kuhn; Orchestrated and conducted by Carlos Franzetti.

No.TitleLength
1."Lullaby"4:45
2."Life's Backward Glance"5:03
3."Trance"8:12
4."Morning Dew"5:34
5."Promises Kept"5:19
6."Adagio"7:31
7."Celtic Princess"5:10
8."Nostalgia"5:27
9."Oceans in the Sky"5:40
10."Pastorale"5:40

Personnel

Steve Kuhn with Strings

Technical personnel

References

  1. ^ ECM discography accessed November 15, 2011
  2. ^ a b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed November 15, 2011
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 852. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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