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Jan Garbarek (born March 4, 1947 in Mysen, Norway) a Norwegian tenor and soprano saxophonist, active in the jazz, classical, and world music genres. Garbarek was the only child of former Polish prisoner of war, and a Norwegian farmer’s daughter. Garbarek grew up in Oslo. At 21, he married Vigdis. Their daughter Anja Garbarek is also a musician.
Garbarek’s sound is one of the hallmarks of the ECM record label, which has released virtually all of his recordings. His style incorporates a sharp-edged tone, long, keening, sustained notes strongly reminiscent of Islamic prayer calls, and generous use of silence. He began his recording career in the late 1960s, notably featuring on recordings by the American jazz composer George Russell (such as Othello Ballet Suite and Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature). If he had initially appeared as a devotee of Albert Ayler and Peter Brötzmann, by 1973 he had turned his back on the harsh dissonances of avant-garde jazz, retaining only his tone from his previous approach.
As a composer, Garbarek tends to draw heavily from Scandinavian folk melodies, a legacy of his Ayler influence. He is also a pioneer of ambient jazz composition, most notably on his 1976 album Dis. This textural approach, which rejects traditional notions of thematic improvisation (best exemplified by Sonny Rollins) in favor of a style described by critics Richard Cook and Brian Morton as “sculptural in its impact”, has been critically divisive. Garbarek’s more meandering recordings are often labeled as new age music, a style generally scorned by more orthodox jazz musicians and listeners, or spiritual ancestors thereof.
Garbarek’s sound is one of the hallmarks of the ECM record label, which has released virtually all of his recordings. His style incorporates a sharp-edged tone, long, keening, sustained notes strongly reminiscent of Islamic prayer calls, and generous use of silence. He began his recording career in the late 1960s, notably featuring on recordings by the American jazz composer George Russell (such as Othello Ballet Suite and Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature). If he had initially appeared as a devotee of Albert Ayler and Peter Brötzmann, by 1973 he had turned his back on the harsh dissonances of avant-garde jazz, retaining only his tone from his previous approach.
As a composer, Garbarek tends to draw heavily from Scandinavian folk melodies, a legacy of his Ayler influence. He is also a pioneer of ambient jazz composition, most notably on his 1976 album Dis. This textural approach, which rejects traditional notions of thematic improvisation (best exemplified by Sonny Rollins) in favor of a style described by critics Richard Cook and Brian Morton as “sculptural in its impact”, has been critically divisive. Garbarek’s more meandering recordings are often labeled as new age music, a style generally scorned by more orthodox jazz musicians and listeners, or spiritual ancestors thereof.
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Jan Garbarek - Arietta
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Jan Garbarek - Red Wind
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Jan Garbarek - Molde canticle (1991)
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JohanneSarjasto wrote:
I Love early Garbarek. Albums like Afric Pepperbir, Sart and Triptykon. Also his stuff with Jarrett amazes me.
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MirkoFait wrote:
Great... You can find something similar (not so great of course) in my music:
Terra
Il sogno dell'elfo
Eclissi
Il canto di Ganimede
Il Profeta e l'Angelo
Gocce di stagioni
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ennis62 wrote:
Najpierw sie ucieszyla,. ze tu polski jezyk... ale potem rozczarowanie - to co zwykle, czyli agresja... tak Gardenko, do ciebie mowie. Dlatego wypisalam sie z grupy "Poland", bo pierwsza dyskusja byla:"Dlaczego zajebalbys kogos-tam.." Nawet nie czytalam co dalej masz do powiedzenia, bo zaczalaes, jak zaczales..
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Therseus wrote:
One of the best Norway has to offer
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mlynekawowy wrote:
wiedziałem, że ktoś mnie ubiegł.
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cyskowarek wrote:
zakochałam się w twórczości.................... :)))))))))
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Valfarlover wrote:
the cooperation with the Hillary ensemble i 1993 is the most innovative piece of music I`ve ever heard:)
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Gardenko wrote:
pewnie żaden z was dupki jedne nie zna polskiego, a więc powyklinam na was trochę ;) Jan Garbarek to syn polskiego jeńca wojennego i Norweżki... nie myślcie więc że jego nazwisko jest pochodzenia skandynawskiego... Ostatnio dowiedziałem się, że tytuł albumu "In Praise of Dreams" został zaczerpnięty z wiersza Wisławy Szymborskiej "Pochwała Snów" uwielbiam jak muzyka jest punktem wyjścia, pretekstem do jakiś dalszych poszukiwań.
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Tomash_Serpant wrote:
Listen to this artist http://www.last.fm/music/Katarina+Kovac Influenced by Jan Garbarek among others.
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blaniq wrote:
muy interesante
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kevinsthirdarm wrote:
witchi-tai-to = damn!!!
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PopplagiWest wrote:
http://dancingafterhours.blogspot.com/2008/02/jan-garbarek-rites.html
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Patkiewicz wrote:
Marcin Wasilewski group
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Patkiewicz wrote:
Tomasz Stańko group.
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AnnaDraconida wrote:
Rites is amazing!
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julietta_s wrote:
i'd love to see him live too....... hopefully, in the future... I love his songs.
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Candide1974 wrote:
Saw him life today in Hamburg - standing ovations... :-)
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_duif wrote:
piercing sound? check out some Stéphane Rives or Michel Doneda.
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quora wrote:
too piercing sound of soprano-saxophone, and too ecm-smooth at the same time. although i like his 2 early albums - afric pepperbird and esoteric circle (at that time his tone was different)
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satskone wrote:
http://remitur.wordpress.com/2007/07/14/jan-garbarek-all-those-born-with-wings-1987/
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Jan Garbarek
St. Johanniskirche, Würzburg, Germany
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- Nov 30 Officium - ZUSATZKONZERT um 17 UHR Markuskirche, Hannover, Germany
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