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Jan Garbarek: Selected Recordings

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Label: ECM Records
Released: 2002.05.21
Time:
 72:43 / 74:27
Category: Jazz
Producer(s): Manfred Eicher
Rating:
Media type: CD double
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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CD 1:

[1] Skrik & Hyl (J.Garbarek) - 1:35
[2] Viddene (J.Garbarek) - 5:36
[3] Iskirken (J.Garbarek/K.Johnsen) - 6:46
[4] Lillekort (J.Garbarek/J.Abercrombie/N.Vasconcelos) - 4:55
[5] The Path (J.Garbarek) - 7:10
[6] It's Ok To Listen To The Gray Voice (J.Garbarek) - 4:41
[7] All Those Born With Wings, 3rd Piece (J.Garbarek) - 7:37
[8] Its Name Is Secret Road (J.Garbarek) - 1:43
[9] Aichuri, The Song Man (J.Garbarek) - 5:03
[10] Molde Canticle, Part 1 (J.Garbarek) - 5:13
[11] Raga I (U.F.Ali Khan) - 8:39
[12] Twelve Moons (J.Garbarek) - 7:30
[13] Red Wind (J.Garbarek) - 3:47


CD 2:

[1] Windsong (K.Jarrett) - 6:32
[2] Belonging (K.Jarrett) - 2:12
[3] Oceanus (R.Towner) - 10:58
[4] My Song (K.Jarrett) - 6:09
[5] Sunshine Song (K.Jarrett) - 12:01
[6] Cego Aderaldo (E.Gismonti) - 7:54
[7] Song For Everyone (Shankar) - 6:19
[8] Rosensfole (Traditional) - 2:45
[9] Star (J.Garbarek) - 6:11
[10] Joron (Traditional) - 6:25
[11] Parce Mihi Domine (C. de Morales) - 6:35

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Jan Garbarek - Alto, Soprano & Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Tape, Percussion, Synthesizer, Keyboards, Arrangements, Liner Notes

Palle Danielsson - Double Bass on [1:1; 2:4,5]
Jon Christensen - Drums, Percussion on [1:1,4; 2:3,4,5]
Bobo Stenson - Piano, Electric Piano on [1:1]
Ralph Towner - Twelve-String Guitar, Harp, Windharp on [1:2; 2:3], Classical Guitar on [2:3]
Kjell Johnsen - Organ, Pipe Organ on [1:3]
John Abercrombie - Mandolin on [1:4]
Nana Vasconcelos - Talking Drum, Percussion on [1:4,10]
Eberhard Weber - Doble Bass on [1:5,6,10; 2:3], Cello on [2:3]
Bill Frisell - Guitar on [1:5]
Michael DiPasqua - Drums on [1:6]
David Torn - Guitar Synthesizer on [1:6]
Manu Katché - Drums on [1:10,12]
Rainer Brüninghaus - Piano on [1:10]
Bugge Wesseltoft - Synthesizer on [1:10]
Ustad Nazim Ali Khan - Sarangi on [1:11]
Ustad Shaukat Hussain - Tabla on [1:11]
Ustad Fateh Ali Khan - Voice on [1:11]
Marilyn Mazur - Percussion on [1:12], Shakers on [1:13]
Südfunk Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart - Strings on [2:1]
Mladen Gutesha - Conductor on [2:1]
Keith Jarrett - Piano on [2:2,4,5]
Charlie Haden - Double Bass on [2:6]
Egberto Gismonti - 8-string Guitar
Percussion – Trilok Gurtu on [2:7]
Tabla – Zakir Hussain on [2:7]
Shankar - 10-string Double Violinon [2:7]
Vocals – Agnes Buen Garnås - Vocals on [2:8]
Miroslav Vitous - Double Bass on [2:9]
Drums – Peter Erskine on [2:9]
Anouar Brahem - Oud on [2:10]
The Hilliard Ensemble - Vocals on [2:11]
  Gordon Jones - Baritone Vocals
  David James - Countertenor Vocals
  John Potter - Tenor Vocals
  Rogers Covey-Crump - Tenor Vocals

Manfred Eicher - Producer
Ingar Helgesen - Engineer on [2-8]
Jan Erik Kongshaug - Engineer on [1:1-13,2:2-4,6,7,9,10]
Kurt Rapp - Engineer on [2:1]
Martin Wieland - Engineer on [2:1,5]
Peter Laenger - Engineer on [2:11]
Tom McKenney - Engineer on [2:5]
Ulf Holand - Engineer on [2:8)
Einar Bangsund - Photography
Jochen Mönch - Photography
Maya Glaser - Photography
Roberto Masotti - Photography

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2002 CD ECM Records – 014 165-2



Jan Garbarek is the quintessential ECM artiste - adventurous; disdainful of categories; in possession of a wailing tone well-suited to producer Manfred Eicher's reverberant, airy sonic tastes; and a devotee of the school of wide open spaces without clutter. The latter two points are important, for they unify what might otherwise be a wildly scattered collection of shooting asteroids into a single orbit. Giving all of this eclecticism some general shape, disc one of Garbarek's Rarum volume deals with his sessions as a leader, often with the ethereal mood in play, while the second disc is devoted to the Norwegian saxophonist's collaborations with his celebrated friends from Europe and America over a 22-year span. The first disc has a carefully terraced sense of flow from start to finish, with the opening horn calls of "Skrik & Hyl" and "Viddene" sounding as if they came from high on a mountaintop, with bass, then guitar, then pipe organ as backdrops. With "Lillekort," things get moving in a light Brazilian bag with Nana Vasconcelos providing the groove and the nicely striding "It's OK to Listen to the Gray Voice." The set then veers into some ethereal solo tracks, where Garbarek works with tapes of himself on excerpts from the albums All Those Born With Wings and Legend of the Seven Dreams and reaches a peak of energy on the penultimate track, the title tune of the Twelve Moons album. Within this overall context, the lengthy "Raga I," with a host of Indian musicians, seems not at all out of place, nor is Shankar's playful "Song for Everyone" on disc two. Paying homage where homage is due, four of the first five tracks of disc two are some of Garbarek's collaborations with Keith Jarrett in the '70s - ranging from the esoteric (the lugubriously orchestrated "Windsong" from Luminessence) to some snapshots of the Jarrett European quartet that put Garbarek on the map. Interestingly, in Jarrett's Rarum volume, the pianist writes that he would have liked to have included "Sunshine Song" (from Nude Ants) and a track from Luminessence on his own collection. What he doesn't say is that they turned up on Garbarek's album instead. A coincidence of telepathic tastes - or concealed collusion? Aside from the European quartet tracks, the disc reverts to Garbarek's spare, freewheeling conception of sound, featuring sessions led by guitarists Ralph Towner and Egberto Gismonti, and finally a taste of Garbarek's audacious yet lovely collaboration with the early music Hilliard Ensemble. Alas, Garbarek's liner notes aren't of much use as a guide; he is merely content to thank some of his co-conspirators -- mainly Eicher and Jarrett.

Richard S. Ginell - All Music Guide



"This retrospective compilation represents 30 wonderful years of my life.... I hope as you listen that you will, in some measure, hear the joy I've had making each of these recordings." Approached to record for ECM at the very beginning of its history; Jan Garbarek has since appeared on more than 50 albums for the label, and along the way has changed perceptions of improvisation, living up to George Russell's early estimation of him as "the most uniquely talented jazz musician Europe has produced since Django Reinhardt." Garbarek's double album traces the growth of his own groups, his collaborations with a wide range of musicians - from Keith Jarrett to the Hilliard Ensemble - and his investigations of Nordic and other folk traditions.

Amazon.com



One of the first eight releases in ECM's new rarum: series, Jan Garbarek's Selected Recordings is a two-disc overview put together by the artist. Pulling material from a label legacy that is 30 years long and 50 albums deep, this is a great overview of the Norwegian saxophonist, whose sonorous tone can somehow be both fluid and brittle sounding. Jazz fans will no doubt be impressed with the list of jazz personnel featured here (Keith Jarrett, Bill Frisell, Charlie Haden, and others), but Garbarek has covered a lot of ground, recording material that also includes medieval choral music, Norwegian folk music, Indian music (featuring Trilok Gurtu, Shankar, and Zakir Hussain), and electronic music. No matter the context, Garbarek's music is forward looking, and his spare playing is as concise as it is tasteful. The sound has been remastered to the 24-bit 96-kHz format, making this already elegiac music sound as if it truly is coming from the heavens.

Tad Hendrickson - Amazon.com



Jan Garbarek's music can be summed up in one simple word: meditation. Sure, the term is loaded with overtones, both good and bad. But do not confuse meditation with mindlessness: they are polar opposites. Garbarek's thirty years with ECM (as a leader and collaborator) have yielded hundreds of melodies which lead to an infinitely light state of inner peace. It's hard to imagine a more positive statement for a saxophone player who long ago decided to forsake flash-and-bang for "simpler" music with understated spiritual energy.

And this two-disc set does Garbarek justice. Each disc runs in chronological order from about 1975 through 1995. The first opens with the starkly plantive "Skrik & Hyl" (with bassist Palle Danielsson), a shrill lament cast skyward with no inhibitions and no regrets. It continues with a couple more dark duets, then opens up into small group interplay. Notable efforts from guitarists John Abercrombie, Bill Frisell, and David Torn endow these pieces with a nice glowing contrast to Garbarek's horn. A few overdubbed solo pieces, each pursuing the modern primitive, offer a sort of purity unique on the set. With closing small group tunes from the '90s, Garbarek shrouds his sound in a cloak of synth air. (As an aesthetic matter, it seems that Garbarek could do much better here if he just sailed free. Directness has always been his strong point, and there's no sense in muting that voice for the sake of atmospherics.)

Onward we flow, right into the second disc with a heap of Keith Jarrett collaborations. It's interesting to note that Garbarek's brief liner notes don't really comment on any musician except for Jarrett. Their shared energy has resulted in some of the very finest music of the '70s. You can toss away Jarrett's crude and misdirected "Windsong" (featuring the odd combination of Garbarek's soprano sax with string orchestra). But with the glowing title track from Jarrett's Belonging, one begins to appreciate the subtlety and nuance these two players develop when they work as a team. Quartet performances of 1977's "My Song" and 1979's "Sunshine Song" coax a softer and warmer angle from the saxophonist, who often dwells in the territory on the dark side of neutral. The highlight of the disc is the wispy but pulsing "Cego Alderaldo" from 1979's collaboration Folk Songs with Egberto Gismonti and Charlie Haden.

In much of his jazz chamber music, Garbarek has adopted a strong Eastern flair. His literacy within the musics of India, Pakistan, and beyond seems completely natural and unforced. The greatest piece on this set, "Raga I," comes from Garbarek's 1990 collaboration with vocalist Ustad Fateh Ali Khan, Ragas and Sagas. If you don't have the cash for this outstanding double-disc retrospective, you should strongly consider acquiring that recording instead. It's a true masterpiece—one of the highest pinnacles in the ECM catalog. (Enough said.)

The luminaries: Keith Jarrett, Bill Frisell, Eberhard Weber, Zakir Hussain, Ustad Fateh Ali Khan, Charlie Haden. The big surprise: Garbarek with orchestra ("Windsong")—time to hit fast forward!

AAJ STAFF - July 1, 2002
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