# War Orphans

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Not to be confused with [war orphans](/source/War_orphans) or [war children](/source/War_children).

1998 studio album by the Bobo Stenson Trio

War Orphans Studio album by the Bobo Stenson Trio Released 1998 Recorded May 1997 Studio Rainbow Studio Oslo, Norway Genre Jazz Length 54:36 Label ECM ECM 1604 Producer Manfred Eicher Bobo Stenson chronology Reflections (1993) War Orphans (1998) Serenity (1999)

***War Orphans*** is an album by the [Bobo Stenson](/source/Bobo_Stenson) Trio, recorded in May 1997 and released on [ECM](/source/ECM_Records) the following year. The trio features rhythm section [Anders Jormin](/source/Anders_Jormin) and [Jon Christensen](/source/Jon_Christensen_(musician)).[1]

## Reception

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

The [AllMusic](/source/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."[2]

## Track listing

- *All compositions by Anders Jormin, except as noted.*

1. "Oleo de mujer con sombrero" ([Silvio Rodríguez](/source/Silvio_Rodr%C3%ADguez)) - 8:32

1. "Natt" - 8:10

1. "All My Life" ([Ornette Coleman](/source/Ornette_Coleman)) - 6:25

1. "Eleventh of January" - 5:58

1. "War Orphans" (Coleman) - 6:17

1. "Sediment" (Jormin) - 5:22

1. "Bengali Blue" (Bobo Stenson) - 8:18

1. "Melancholia" ([Duke Ellington](/source/Duke_Ellington)) - 5:28

## Personnel

### Bobo Stenson Trio

- [Bobo Stenson](/source/Bobo_Stenson) – piano

- [Anders Jormin](/source/Anders_Jormin) – bass

- [Jon Christensen](/source/Jon_Christensen_(musician)) – drums

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ECM_discography_1-0)** [ECM discography](http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1600/1604.php) accessed October 11, 2011

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Allmusic_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Allmusic_2-1) Jurek, T. [AllMusic Review](http://www.allmusic.com/album/war-orphans-r355640/review) accessed October 11, 2011

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Penguin_3-0)** [Cook, Richard](/source/Richard_Cook_(journalist)); [Morton, Brian](/source/Brian_Morton_(Scottish_writer)) (2008). *[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings](/source/The_Penguin_Guide_to_Jazz)* (9th ed.). [Penguin](/source/Penguin_Books). p. 1339. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-141-03401-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-141-03401-0).

## See also

- [Robinson Crusoes of Warsaw](/source/Robinson_Crusoes_of_Warsaw)

- [Wolf children](/source/Wolf_children)

v t e Bobo Stenson Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise. Albums Underwear (1971) Witchi-Tai-To (1973) Dansere (1975) Reflections (1993) War Orphans (1997) Serenity (1999) Goodbye (2004) Cantando (2007) Indicum (2011) Contra la Indecisión (2017)

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