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Jan Garbarek: I Took up the Runes

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Label: ECM Records
Released: 1990.08.01
Time:
 61:32
Category: Jazz
Producer(s): Manfred Eicher
Rating: ********.. (8/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.ecmrecords.com
Appears with: Keith Jarrett, Eberhard Weber
Purchase date: 2001.06.06
Price in €: 16,99



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[1] Gula Gula (Persen) - 5:55
[2] Molde Canticle - Part 1 (Garbarek) - 5:13
[3] Molde Canticle - Part 2 (Garbarek) - 5:43
[4] Molde Canticle - Part 3 (Garbarek) - 9:54
[5] Molde Canticle - Part 4 (Garbarek) - 5:10
[6] Molde Canticle - Part 5 (Garbarek) - 6:06
[7] His Eyes Were Suns (Garbarek/Traditional) - 6:04
[8] I Took up the Runes (Garbarek) - 5:24
[9] Buena Hora, Buenos Vientos (Garbarek) - 8:51
[10] Rahkki Sruvvis (Gaup) - 2:26

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JAN GARBAREK - Soprano & Tenor Saxophones

NANA VASCONCELOS - Percussion
RAINER BRUNINGHAUS - Piano
EBERHARD WEBER - Bass
INGOR ÁNTTE ÁILU GAUP - Vocals, Voices
MANU KATCHÉ - Drums
BUGGE WESSELTOFT - Synthesizer

JAN ERIK KONGSHAUG - Engineer
BARBARA WOJIRSCH - Cover Design
MAYA GLASER - Cover Photo

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1992 CD ECM 843850-2
1992 CS ECM 843850-4
1992 CD ECM 843850
1991 CD Polygram 843850
2000 CD ECM 843850
1991 CS Polygram 843850



Saxophonist Jan Garbarek, a player who has been reponsible for stunning music throughout the years, has deftly assembled a brilliant crew of musicians that makes I Took Up The Runes his strongest outing to date. The textural soundscapes Garbarek brilliantly creates are given a new dimension with the addition of African-Parisian drummer Manu Katche (Peter Gabriel, Robbie Robertson, Sting). Katche is able to provide both muscular backbeat and melodic fluidity, opening space for Brazilian percussionist Nana Vasconcelos to supply beautiful textured percussive layerings. Garbarek successfully brings together ambient atmospheres, folk songs and African polyrhythms into a splendid musical expression. Rounding out the distinguished cast are Garbarek's longtime musical associates, bassist Eberhard Weber and pianist Rainer Brunnighaus. The five-part "Molde Canticle" (Part 4 is on Certain Damage Vol. 33) is the centerpiece of this provocative and melodically sublime outing by Jan Garbarek.

College Media, Inc. - CMJ New Music Report Issue: 226 - Mar 08, 1991



Gerade zwei Jahre ist es her, seit der Norweger Jan Garbarek ein Album vorlegte, das aufgrund seiner klaren Strukturen und melodischen Strahl- kraft zu den schönsten Kammerjazzaufnahmen der letzten Jahre gezählt werden darf: "Legend Of The Seven Dreams" (ECM 1381, stereoplay 1/89, Die Besondere). Für "I Took Up The Runes" erweiterte Garbarek sein Quartett - und verblüfft mit einer Vielfalt der Formen und Rhythmen, mit einer Extrovertiertheit und einem dynamisch-geschmeidigen Ton, der all jene Kritiker Lügen straft, die ihn schon voreilig in die Schublade New-Age- Jazz stecken wollten. Neben Eberhard Weber am Elektrobaß, Rainer Brüninghaus am Piano und dem Perkussionisten Nana Vasconcelos agierten im Osloer Rainbow Sudio Bugge Wesseltoft am Synthesizer, der lappische Sänger Ingor Antte Ailu Gaup und der von Peter Gabriel und Robbie Robertson bekannte Trommler Manu Katché. Vor allem auf den Afrikaner Katché ist der neue Schwung in der Bude zurückzuführen. Nicht zuletzt dank seiner Beiträge gerät das Kernstück des Albums, die halbstündige Suite "Molde Canticle", zu einer hinreißenden, so tänzerisch leicht wie ergreifend pathetischen Gratwanderung zwischen den Kulturen Lapplands und Westafrika - mit Pop- und Funk-Elementen, skandinavischer Folklore, Synthie-Teppichen und akzentuierten Jazz- und Weltmusik-Rhythmen. Bei all diesem Überschwang vergißt Garbarek seine Stärke nicht: Er nimmt sich Zeit, seine Themen zu entwickeln und langweilt seine Zuhörer keinen Augenblick. Und Manfred Eichers Produktion garantiert wieder einmal gefühlvoll konzentrierte Musik in ganz exzellenter Tonqualität.

© Stereoplay



There's a stately splendor in much of this 1990 recording, whether it's infused with a broadening calm or a welling tension as Garbarek synthesizes his disparate inspirations into frequently compelling music. Mari Boine Persen, a Lapp singer, contributed the first tune, an evocative musical call that summons Garbarek's frequent use of folklore, an element that's further developed by singer Ingor Ántte Áilu Gaup on the traditional song "His Eyes Were Suns" and his own "Rahkki Sruvvis." The five-part "Molde Canticle," at more than a half-hour, is the CD's centerpiece. It's a shifting tableau with a startling change of pace for "Part 4," a rock-driven piece that fully unleashes Manu Katché's driving drums and Garbarek's always potent tenor saxophone. Garbarek synthesizes elements in his saxophone playing as well. His distinctive tenor sound can assume elements of King Curtis and the R&B stream, while it adds expressionist touches from his roots in the jazz avant-garde to the title track. There are fine contributions from Garbarek's regular associates, including Rainer Brüninghaus, who plays piano throughout, and the virtuosic Eberhard Weber, whose electric upright bass, both bowed and plucked, is a distinctive upper-register voice.

Stuart Broomer, Amazon.com
  

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