Promises Kept (Steve Kuhn album)

Promises Kept
Studio album by Steve Kuhn
Released	April 27, 2004
Recorded	June and September 2000 Edison Studios, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	58:21
Label	ECM ECM 1815
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Steve Kuhn chronology
The Best Things (2000) Promises Kept (2000) Live at Birdland (2007)

Promises Kept is an album by American jazz pianist and composer Steve Kuhn with strings recorded in 2000 and released on the ECM label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars stating "this is one of the finest recordings Kuhn has ever issued. Simply put, for all the decades spent adventuring on the boundaries where various traditions blur, the pianist and composer articulate direct emotion as the most effective communicator here, no matter what terrain is navigated in form. A breathtaking and intimate outing, this is a career-topping effort".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Steve Kuhn.

1. "Lullaby" - 4:45
2. "Life's Backward Glance" - 5:03
3. "Trance" - 8:12
4. "Morning Dew" - 5:34
5. "Promises Kept" - 5:19
6. "Adagio" - 7:31
7. "Celtic Princess" - 5:10
8. "Nostalgia" - 5:27
9. "Oceans in the Sky" - 5:40
10. "Pastorale" - 5:40

Personnel

• Steve Kuhn - piano
• David Finck - bass

String Ensemble conducted by Carlos Franzetti

• Violins - Krista Bennion Feeney, Elizabeth Lim-Dutton, Richard Sortomme, Karl Kawahara, Barry Finclair, Helen Kim, Robert Shaw, Carol Pool, Anca Nicolau
• Violas - Sue Pray, Vince Lionti, Karen Ritscher
• Celli - Stephanie Cummins, Richard Locker, Joshua Gordon

References