Release Date: 20 January 2023
Label: ECM
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 602445349449
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Release Date: 20 January 2023
Label: ECM
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 602445349449
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Description
This "short diary (of loss)" as drummer Sebastian Rochford calls it is offered as "a sonic memory, created with love, out of need for comfort".
The album is dedicated to Rochford's father, Aberdeen poet Gerard Rochford (1932-2019) and to his family. Seb, one of ten siblings, wrote most of the music for this album shortly after Gerard's death and delivers it here, in performances of deep feeling and hymn-like clarity, together with pianist Kit Downes. The final wistful piece, "Even Now I Think Of Her" was composed by Gerard Rochford. Sebastian explains: "It's a tune my dad had sung into his phone and sent me. I forwarded this to Kit's phone. He listened, and then we started."
The poignancy of A Short Diary will touch many listeners.
Sebastian Rochford: drums
Kit Downes: piano
Tracklisting
Kenny Wheeler, Lee Konitz, Dave Holland & Bill Frisell
Fred Hersch
John Taylor, Norma Winstone & Kenny Wheeler
Keith Jarrett & Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek Quartet
John Surman
Matthieu Bordenave
Arve Henriksen & Harmen Fraanje
Kenny Wheeler, Lee Konitz, Dave Holland & Bill Frisell
Stephen Grew
Espial
Gareth Lockrane's Grooveyard
Richard Fairhurst
Gregory Groover Jr.
Julian Costello Quartet
Jasper Høiby