Live (Nik Bärtsch's Ronin album)

This article is about the 2012 album. For the 2003 album, see Live (Nik Bärtsch album).

Live is a live double-album by Swiss pianist Nik Bärtsch's band Ronin recorded in Europe and Japan between 2009 and 2011 and released on ECM in September 2012.^[1]

Live
Live album by Nik Bärtsch's Ronin
Released	September 7, 2012 (2012-09-07)
Recorded	2009–2011
Genre	Jazz
Length	107:00
Label	ECM 2302/03
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Nik Bärtsch chronology
Llyrìa (2010) Live (2012) Continuum (2016)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
PopMatters	[2]

The PopMatters review by John Garratt stated "It’s actually somewhat of a marvel that music this nuanced can be so warm and inviting. It’s also a pleasant surprise that the overall quality of the music holds up for two-plus years of live performances."^[2]

Carlo Wolff of JazzTimes observed "There are moments of peace, of near-stasis. But over the course of these long discs, there’s no sag. Expertly sequenced, they unfold like a single concert."^[3]

All About Jazz's John Kelman wrote, "Ronin is an exciting and hypnotic live act, with Live demonstrating the full breadth of its intrinsic possibilities."^[4]

BBC Music's Sid Smith called it "A hair-raising and dazzling celebration of Ronin’s considerable achievements to date."^[5]

Track listing

Disc one

No.	Title	Recording location	Length
1.	"Modul 41_17"	Lörrach	16:38
2.	"Modul 35"	Leipzig	11:31
3.	"Modul 42"	Wien	9:09
4.	"Modul 17"	Tokyo	9:58
5.	"Modul 22"	Amsterdam	14:45

All tracks are written by Nik Bärtsch.

Disc two

No.	Title	Recording location	Length
1.	"Modul 48"	Mannheim	13:11
2.	"Modul 47"	Gateshead	8:37
3.	"Modul 55"	Mannheim	13:11
4.	Untitled	Salzau	10:00

Personnel

• Nik Bärtsch – piano, electric piano
• Sha – alto saxophone, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet
• Björn Meyer – bass (except track 9)
• Thomy Jordi – bass (track 9)
• Kaspar Rast – drums
• Andi Pupato – percussion