''Ad Lucem'' is an album by Swedish bassist and composer

Anders Jormin Anders Bertil Michael Jormin (born 7 September 1957) is a Swedish bassist and composer. Jormin established a musical partnership with Bobo Stenson in the mid-1980s which led to international recognition playing with Charles Lloyd, in the early ...

recorded in 2011 and released on the ECM label.ECM discography
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Reception

The

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review by LLoyd Sachs observed "With its utterly distinctive chamber sound, Anders Jormin’s Ad Lucem is a certain winner this year in the Latin jazz category—no, not the Latin jazz played by Eddie Palmieri, but the considerably rarer kind featuring lyrics in the language of Caesar".Sachs, L.
JazzTimes Review
July 9, 2012

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stated "any new recording from Jormin proves well worth the wait and ''Ad Lucem'' is no exception".Kelman, J.
All About Jazz Review
March 15, 2012

Track listing

''All compositions by Anders Jormin except as indicated'' # "Hic et Nunc" - 6:55 # "Quibus" - 6:05 # "Clamor" - 5:39 # "Vigor" (Anders Jormin, Erika Angell, Fredrik Ljungkvist, Jon Fält, Mariam Wallentin) - 2:50 # "Inter Semper et Numquam Lyrics" (Anders Jormin,

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) - 3:58 # "Lignum" (Jon Fält) - 0:34 # "Matutinum" - 4:20 # "Vox Animæ" - 5:04 # "Vesper Est" - 4:08 # "Lux" - 6:22 # "Cæruleus" - 5:10 # "Matutinum – Clausula" - 1:02

Personnel

— bass *Fredrik Ljungkvist —

clarinet The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The instrument has a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell, and uses a single reed to produce sound. Clarinets comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitches ...

bass clarinet The bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. Like the more common soprano B clarinet, it is usually pitched in B (meaning it is a transposing instrument on which a written C sounds as B), but it plays notes an octave bel ...

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while th ...

*Jon Fält —

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

*Erika Angell, Mariam Wallentin —

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References

{{Authority control ECM Records albums Anders Jormin albums 2012 albums Albums produced by Manfred Eicher