''v2.0 '' is the second studio album by jazz piano trio GoGo Penguin, released in 2014. The title is an allusion to an abbreviation commonly used in software versioning.

Critical reception

About ''v2.0'', Bruce Lindsay says in

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that "v2.0 is the sound of a band moving forward—not in leaps and bounds, but in small steps. There's really no need to jump headlong into the unknown when the foundations set down on ''Fanfares'' were so strong. v2.0 builds on those foundations with style, further establishing GoGo Penguin as one of the most exciting young bands on the contemporary scene." This album was nominated for the

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in 2014.

Track listing

Gondwana Records – GONDCD009DD & GONDLP009:

Personnel

* Chris Illingworth –

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

* Nick Blacka –

Bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

* Rob Turner – drums

References

2014 albums GoGo Penguin albums {{2010s-jazz-album-stub