Swept Away (Marc Johnson album)

Swept Away
Studio album by
Marc Johnson and Eliane Elias
ReleasedSeptember 7, 2012
RecordedFebruary 2010
StudioAvatar, New York City
GenreJazz
Length1:08:26
LabelECM
ECM 2168
ProducerEliane Elias, Marc Johnson
Marc Johnson and Eliane Elias chronology
Shades of Jade
(2005) 		Swept Away
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
All About Jazz[2]
The Buffalo News[3]
Financial Times[4]
The Guardian[5]
The Irish Times[6]
Jazz Forum[7]
Jazzwise[8]
Tom HullB+()[9]

Swept Away is a studio album by a quartet led by double bassist Marc Johnson and pianist Eliane Elias, with tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano and drummer Joey Baron, recorded in February 2010 and released on ECM in September 2012.[10]

Reception

Both The Guardian and AllMusic gave the album four stars.[5][1] In The Guardian, critic John Fordham sees the influence of Bill Evans and Keith Jarrett and praises the album's intimacy.[5] At AllMusic, Rick Anderson calls it "ECM jazz" for the melancholy and spaciousness which are characteristic of many albums in the label's catalogue.[1]

Cormac Larkin of The Irish Times gave the album five stars, stating it was even better than Johnson and Elias's last collaboration, and crediting Elias in particular for "really lift[ing] Swept Away to another level."[6] Phil Johnson of The Independent commented "Bassist Johnson and pianist Elias are partners in life as well as music, and this delightfully dreamy album of 11 songs suggests the domestic scale and unforced intimacy of an interior by the French painter Pierre Bonnard... As sensitive, small-group jazz goes, this is close to definitive."[11] Jeff Tamarkin writing for JazzTimes added, "Although Johnson shares top billing with Elias, his role is largely confined to locking in with Baron and too infrequently unfurling a faultlessly framed solo..."[12]

Track listing

All tracks except for "Shenandoah" were composed by Eliane Elias (1–3, 5, 7, 8, 10) and Marc Johnson (4, 6, 8–10).

  1. "Swept Away" – 6:18
  2. "It's Time" – 5:49
  3. "One Thousand and One Nights" – 8:18
  4. "When the Sun Comes Up" – 6:36
  5. "B Is for Butterfly" – 8:05
  6. "Midnight Blue" – 6:00
  7. "Moments" – 5:50
  8. "Sirens of Titan" – 5:55
  9. "Foujita" – 6:36
  10. "Inside Her Old Music Box" – 5:27
  11. "Shenandoah" (Traditional) – 4:35

Personnel

Chart positions

Chart (2008) Peak
position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[13] 51
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[14] 148

References

  1. ^ a b c Anderson, Rick. "Swept Away". AllMusic. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
  2. ^ McClenaghan, Dan (September 28, 2012). "Marc Johnson/Eliane Elias: Swept Away". All About Jazz. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
  3. ^ Simon, Jeff (October 5, 2012). "Listening Post / Brief reviews of select releases". The Buffalo News. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  4. ^ Hobart, Mike (October 5, 2012). "Marc Johnson/Eliane Elias: Swept Away". Financial Times. ft.com. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  5. ^ a b c Fordham, John (January 3, 2013). "Marc Johnson/Eliane Elias: Swept Away". The Guardian. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
  6. ^ a b Larkin, Cormac (October 12, 2012). "Marc Johnson/ Eliane Elias". The Irish Times. irishtimes.com. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  7. ^ Baron, Piotr. "Swept Away: Marc Johnson/Eliane Elias | Jazz Forum". Jazz Forum. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
  8. ^ Quinn, Peter (December 2012). "Review". Jazzwise. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  9. ^ "Tom Hull: Grade List: Marc Johnson". Tom Hull. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
  10. ^ "Marc Johnson/Eliane Elias Swept Away". ECMrecords.com. Retrieved November 16, 2012.
  11. ^ Johnson, Phil (October 7, 2012). "Album: Marc Johnson/Eliane Elias, Swept Away (ECM)". The Independent. Archived from the original on May 26, 2022. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
  12. ^ Tamarkin, Jeff (December 3, 2013). "Marc Johnson/Eliane Elias: Swept Away". JazzTimes. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  13. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Marc Johnson/Eliane Elias – Swept Away". Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  14. ^ "Ultratop.be – Marc Johnson/Eliane Elias – Swept Away" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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