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Jan Garbarek
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Jan Garbarek, from Norway, heard John Coltrane on the radio as a teenager and decided to become a saxophonist. In the 1960s he played with the American composer George Russell, who was then living in Scandinavia. From 1970 he recorded for ECM and became one of the label's best-known voices. His tone is clear, long-sustained and heavily reverberant, with influences from Norwegian folk music. He played in Keith Jarrett's European quartet. With the vocal ensemble The Hilliard Ensemble he made Officium (1994), on which he improvises over medieval church music; the album was a great commercial success.
Listening
Witchi-Tai-To · Jan Garbarek & Bobo Stenson Quartet, 1973
Parce mihi domine · Jan Garbarek, 1993
Spiral Dance · Keith Jarrett European Quartet (met Jan Garbarek), 1974
Discography
Studio albums
- 1969Esoteric Circle
- 1971Sart
- 1973Triptykon
- 1974Belonging
- 1974Red Lanta
- 1975Luminessence
- 1975Østerdalsmusikk
- 1977Dis
- 1978Places
- 1980Aftenland
- 1980Mágico
- 1981Eventyr
- 1981Folk Songs
- 1982Paths, Prints
- 1982Trip to Prillarguri
- 1987All Those Born With Wings
- 1988Legend of the Seven Dreams
- 1989Rosensfole
- 1990I Took Up the Runes
- 1991Star
- 1992Madar
- 1992Ragas and Sagas
- 1993Atmos
- 1994Officium
- 1996Visible World
- 1998Rites
- 1999Mnemosyne
- 2004In Praise of Dreams
- 2008Elixir
- 2010Officium
- 2021Hav
Other work
- 1970Afric Pepperbird
- 1974Witchi-Tai-To
- 1974Belonging · Keith Jarrett
In School of Rock
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- Jazz MapNL Map
- After Hours: Session 3NL Reader
Mentioned in other articles
- ECM sound Genre
European musicians such as the Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek and the German bassist Eberhard Weber appeared on ECM, but also Americans such as Keith Jarrett and Pat Metheny.