The Promise (Vassilis Tsabropoulos album)

The Promise
Studio album by Vassilis Tsabropoulos
Released	2009
Recorded	January 2008
Genre	Jazz
Length	54:58
Label	ECM
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Vassilis Tsabropoulos chronology
Melos (2007) The Promise (2008)

The Promise is a solo album by Greek composer and pianist Vassilis Tsabropoulos recorded in 2008 and released on the ECM label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 3½ stars stating "This album lives up to its under-the-surface, ruminative nature, but should be slotted in for the appropriate mood or time of evening, when lights are either very low, or turned off".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Vassilis Tsabropoulos

1. "The Other" - 5:07
2. "Tale of a Man" - 6:00
3. "Smoke and Mirrors" - 6:59
4. "Pearl" - 3:10
5. "The Promise" - 5:14
6. "The Other, var. I" 3:50
7. "Djivaeri" - 4:43
8. "The Insider" - 7:01
9. "Confession" - 3:56
10. "Promenade" - 4:57
11. "The Other, var. II" - 4:01

• Recorded at Dimitris Mitropoulos Hall in Megaron, Athens in January 2008

Personnel

• Vassilis Tsabropoulos - piano

References

1. ECM discography accessed November 18, 2011
2. Nastos, M. G. Allmusic Review accessed November 18, 2011