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Jan Garbarek: Esoteric Circle

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Label: Flying Dutchman Records
Released: 1969.11.2
Time:
 45:08
Category: Jazz
Producer(s): George Russell
Rating:
Media type: CD
Web address: www.garbarek.com
Appears with: Keith Jarrett, Eberhard Weber, The Hilliard Ensemble
Purchase date: 2012
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] Traneflight (J.Garbarek) - 2:51
[2] Ralbalder (J.Garbarek) - 8:15
[3] Esoteric Circle (J.Garbarek) - 5:22
[4] Vips (J.Garbarek) - 5:40
[5] Sas 644 (J.Garbarek) - 8:49
[6] Nefertite (J.Garbarek) - 2:05
[7] Gee (J.Garbarek) - 1:10
[8] Karin's Mode (J.Garbarek) - 7:30
[9] Breeze Ending (J.Garbarek) - 3:39

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Jan Garbarek – Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone
Terje Rypdal – Guitar
Arild Andersen – Bass
Jon Christensen – Drums, Percussion

George Russell - Producer
Bjørnar Andresen - Engineer
Nancy Greenberg - Design, Art Direction
Bob Heimall - Design, Art Direction
Benno Friedman - Cover Art
Michael Cuscuna - Liner Notes
Nat Hentoff - Liner Notes

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1969 LP Flying Dutchman – FD-10125
1996 CD Freedom - FCD 41031

Recorded at Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, Bærum, October 1969.

Esoteric Circle is the debut album by Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek, originally released under the band name "The Esoteric Circle" on Bob Thiele's Flying Dutchman label but re-issued under his name on the Freedom imprint, performed by Garbarek with Terje Rypdal, Arild Andersen and Jon Christensen.[1] The Allmusic review by Brian Olewnick awards the album 4 stars and states "a highly successful and enjoyable effort, one that can stand comfortably with work being done at that time by Tony Williams or John McLaughlin... Garbarek's own playing, here entirely on tenor, come largely out of Albert Ayler as well as Coltrane, and his general attack is much more raw and aggressive than the style for which he would eventually become more widely known through his recordings for ECM".



Jan Garbarek had studied with the great American composer George Russell, and had previously appeared on Russell's venture into jazz-rock, Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved By Nature. Whereas his teacher's usage of rock rhythms in an avant jazz context often came off as rather clunky, for Garbarek and his guitarist, Terje Rypdal, formerly a member of the popular Norwegian band the Vanguards, such a melding was more second nature. The Esoteric Circle, the first album by their band of the same name (hey, this was still the '60s after all), is a highly successful and enjoyable effort, one that can stand comfortably with work being done at that time by Tony Williams or John McLaughlin. Garbarek's compositions range from deeply felt homages to Coltrane ("Traneflight" and "Nefertite") to rocking jams like "Rabalder," where Rypdal gets to showcase his considerable chops. In fact, some of these themes were used by Russell in his aforementioned work. Garbarek's own playing, here entirely on tenor, come largely out of Albert Ayler as well as Coltrane, and his general attack is much more raw and aggressive than the style for which he would eventually become more widely known through his recordings for ECM. Listeners who enjoy his first several albums for that label (from Afric Pepperbird to Witchi-Tai-To) will find much to savor here.

Brian Olewnick - All Music
 

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