Rea (album)

Rea
Studio album by Nik Bärtsch's Ronin
Released	2004
Recorded	May 2003
Studio	Radiostudio Zürich
Genre	Jazz
Length	64:17
Label	Tonus Music TON 015
Producer	Nik Bärtsch
Nik Bärtsch chronology
Live (2004) Rea (2004) Aer (2004)

Rea is an album by Swiss pianist and composer Nik Bärtsch's band Ronin recorded in Zürich in 2003 and first released on the Tonus Music label.^[1]

Reception

On All About Jazz Budd Kopman noted "Rea has an overall sound in between that of Ronin's Stoa and Mobile's Aer".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Nik Bärtsch except where noted.

1. "Modul 27" (Andreas Hunziker, Nik Bärtsch, Sha, Thomas Tavano) – 10:05
2. "Modul 22" – 16:38
3. "Modul 18" – 6:45
4. "Modul 26" – 18:14
5. "Modul 23" – 12:35

Personnel

• Nik Bärtsch – electric piano
• Björn Meyer – bass
• Kaspar Rast – drums
• Andi Pupato – percussion
• Sha – bass clarinet (tracks 1 & 4)
• Thomy Geiger – tenor saxophone (track 4)
• Michael Gassmann – trumpet (track 4)

References

1. Discogs album entry accessed February 17, 2014
2. Kopman, B., Nik Bartsch: The Road To Stoa, June 28, 2007