Sideways (Jacob Young album)

Sideways
Studio album by Jacob Young
Released	April 15, 2008
Recorded	May 2006, Rainbow Studio, Oslo
Genre	Improvised music, Jazz
Length	56:18
Label	ECM ECM 1997
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Jacob Young chronology
Evening Falls (2002) Sideways (2008) Anthem (2011)

Sideways is an album by Norwegian guitarist and composer Jacob Young released on the ECM label in 2008.^[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars and in its review by Matt Collar, states "Much like other ECM releases, with its mix of laid-back edginess and ambient, searching improvisations, Sideways works just as well on a cerebral, engaging level as on a background, afterglow level".^[1] On All About Jazz Budd Kopman observed "Sideways is remarkable in how its many layers interact to produce music that combines beauty and intellectual rigor" while John Kelman wrote "Young's very strength is his ability to compel and evoke in the most understated fashion. The beautifully spacious Sideways finds him comfortably evolving, bringing together his personal biculturalism with a musical cosmopolitanism that transcends any single stylistic authority".^[3][4]

Track listing

All compositions by Jacob Young

1. "Sideways" - 6:41
2. "Time Rebel" - 5:14
3. "Slow Bo-Bo" - 5:07
4. "Near South End" - 5:26
5. "Out of Night" - 10:16
6. "Hanna's Lament" - 4:02
7. "St. Ella" - 4:35
8. "Maybe We Can" - 6:53
9. "Wide Asleep" - 5:30
10. "Gazing at Stars" - 2:03

Personnel

• Jacob Young - guitar
• Mathias Eick - trumpet
• Vidar Johansen - bass clarinet, tenor saxophone
• Mats Eilertsen - bass
• Jon Christensen - drums

Credits

• Engineered by Jan Erik Kongshaug
• Design by Sascha Kleis
• Liner photos by Colin Eick
• Produced by Manfred Eicher

Notes

• Recorded at Rainbow Studio in Oslo, Norway in May 2006

References