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Jan Garbarek: Red Lanta

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Label: ECM Records
Released: 1974
Time:
 50:18
Category: Jazz
Producer(s): Manfred Eicher
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] Quintennaissance (A.Landle) - 5:35
[2] Velvet (A.Landle) - 5:37
[3] Waltz for A (A.Landle) - 3:43
[4] Awakening/Midweek (A.Landle) - 10:58
[5] Verdulac (A.Landle) - 7:07
[6] Miss Fortune (A.Landle) - 5:06
[7] Medley: Open Return/Cancion del Momento (A.Landle) - 5:44
[8] Meanwhile (A.Landle) - 4:17
[9] Cherifen Dream of Renate (A.Landle) - 2:06

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Art Lande - Piano
Jan Garbarek - Soprano Saxophone, Bass Saxophone, Flutes

Manfred Eicher - Producer
Jan Erik Kongshaug - Engineer
Frieder Grindler - Cover Photo, Design, Photography

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1974 LP ECM Records - ECM 1038

Recorded at the Arne Bendiksen Studio in Oslo, Norway on November 19 and 20, 1973.

Red Lanta is an album by American jazz pianist Art Lande featuring Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek recorded in 1973 and released on the ECM label. The Allmusic review by Brian Olewnick awarded the album 2½ stars stating "One of the earliest recordings to embody what would come to be known as the ECM sound, Red Lanta is a series of piano/reed duets that have a Scandinavian starkness offset, somewhat unfortunately, by a soft sentimentality that verges on kitsch... this general approach proved extremely popular in the ensuing years, and devotees of ECM's later years will want to hear one of its points of germination".[



Normally, I eschew from making the kind of comparison I am about to make, but here it goes: What do you get when you take Edvard Grieg, throw in a little jazz, some improvisatory flair, a touch of abstraction, and blend until smooth? Why, the delightful record that is Red Lanta, of course.

While a set of pieces for piano paired with either flute or reed may not sound like everyone’s cup of tea, for those who like tea this should do the trick just fine. Constructed around the compositional talents of Art Lande, the music seems to cry for larger arrangements, but still sounds beautiful as it is represented here. The atmosphere is verdant and open, as blearily pastoral as its cover. The playing is top-notch throughout, though the tracks featuring Garbarek’s flute playing stand out for me, especially “Waltz for A” and, of course, the eclectically beautiful 11-minute “Awakening, Midweek.” The combination is superb and perfectly embodies ECM’s penchant for recording jazz with a chamber music sensibility. A piano-only medley in the second half serves as a nice breather from the intense reed work before plunging us into the galactic final act.

This is diurnal music of the highest order and is suitable both for deep listening and as the soundtrack for any leisurely activity. Garbarek is all a-glitter in as coaxing a performance as I have ever heard from him. Certainly not one to be missed if “mellow” is your preferred mode of operation.

ECM Records



One of the earliest recordings to embody what would come to be known as the ECM sound, Red Lanta is a series of piano/reed duets that have a Scandinavian starkness offset, somewhat unfortunately, by a soft sentimentality that verges on kitsch. At the time, Garbarek was vacillating between the strident and thrilling explorations of his Triptykon and Witchi-Tai-To and his increased involvement with the fuzzier work of Keith Jarrett, and this collaboration moved him decidedly toward the latter. Art Lande composed all the pieces here and brings a Jarrett-esque sense of pastel prettiness and pastoral, folk-influenced serenity. Sometimes this works in isolation, the melody being simple and attractive enough to stand on its own; when offered back to back, a cloying quality sets in and an aural palate cleanser becomes a necessity. Still, this general approach proved extremely popular in the ensuing years, and devotees of ECM's later years will want to hear one of its points of germination. But the fire and passion of Garbarek's early work on albums such as Afric Pepperbird has been all but extinguished by this time.

Brian Olewnick - All Music Guide
 

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