{{Not to be confused with|war orphans|war children}}{{Infobox album | name = War Orphans | type = Album | artist = the [[Bobo Stenson]] Trio | cover = War Orphans.jpg | alt = | released = 1998 | recorded = May 1997 | venue = | studio = Rainbow Studio<br>[[Oslo, Norway]] | genre = [[Jazz]] | length = 54:36 | label = [[ECM Records|ECM]]<br>ECM 1604 | producer = [[Manfred Eicher]] | chronology = [[Bobo Stenson]] | prev_title = [[Reflections (Bobo Stenson album)|Reflections]] | prev_year = 1993 | next_title = [[Serenity (Bobo Stenson album)|Serenity]] | next_year = 1999 }}
'''''War Orphans''''' is an album by the [[Bobo Stenson]] Trio, recorded in May 1997 and released on [[ECM Records|ECM]] the following year. The trio features rhythm section [[Anders Jormin]] and [[Jon Christensen (musician)|Jon Christensen]].<ref name="ECM discography">[http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1600/1604.php ECM discography] accessed October 11, 2011</ref>
==Reception== {{Album ratings | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> | rev2 = ''[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]]'' | rev2score = {{Rating|4|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz|The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]] |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=[[Penguin Books|Penguin]] |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1339}}</ref> }}The [[AllMusic]] review by Thom Jurek stated: "While the last Bobo Stenson Trio offering found the band cohesively searching for a new harmonic language together and separately as composers, on War Orphans they seem to have found it."<ref name="Allmusic">Jurek, T. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/war-orphans-r355640/review AllMusic Review] accessed October 11, 2011</ref>
==Track listing== :''All compositions by Anders Jormin, except as noted.'' # "Oleo de mujer con sombrero" ([[Silvio Rodríguez]]) - 8:32 # "Natt" - 8:10 # "All My Life" ([[Ornette Coleman]]) - 6:25 # "Eleventh of January" - 5:58 # "War Orphans" (Coleman) - 6:17 # "Sediment" (Jormin) - 5:22 # "Bengali Blue" (Bobo Stenson) - 8:18 # "Melancholia" ([[Duke Ellington]]) - 5:28
==Personnel==
=== Bobo Stenson Trio === *[[Bobo Stenson]] – piano *[[Anders Jormin]] – bass *[[Jon Christensen (musician)|Jon Christensen]] – drums
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==See also== *[[Robinson Crusoes of Warsaw]] *[[Wolf children]]
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