Azimuth '85
Azimuth '85 is the fourth and next-to-last album by British jazz trio Azimuth featuring trumpeter Kenny Wheeler, vocalist Norma Winstone, and pianist John Taylor recorded in 1985 and released on the ECM label. Reception. The AllMusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 3 stars calling stating "It's an acquired taste, but if you do, you'll not let go". The authors of the "Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings" expressed disappointment in the album, calling it "an unconfident step back," and stating that the band "fell into the trap... of letting a style become  a manner." Tyran Grillo, writing for ECM Reviews, called the album "Azimuth's zenith and another significant chapter of ECM’s backstory," and commented: "Essential for many reasons, not least of all for Taylor, who plays as if he were holding an inanimate body in his hands, tracing its every contour until it comes back to life."