JAN GARBAREK GROUP - Dresden - In Concert (2009)
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Jan Garbarek has long been a favorite musician of mine since 1975 when I first heard his evocative contemporary jazz fusion album Dansere. Garbarek is from Norway and is a virtuoso on tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone and flute. He has released more than thirty albums as a leader and collaborated on several other albums including ones with the legendary jazz pianist Keith Jarrett.
Garbarek at the tender age of 64 years still has massive chops and range as a saxophonist. His inventiveness and originality are a pleasure to listen to. The music on this double live set recorded in Dresden, Germany is buoyed by Rainer Bruninghaus, his lifelong German temporary accompanist on piano and keyboards, Manu Katche the phenomenal French drummer who has played as a guest musician with Peter Gabriel and Joan Armatrading , just to name a very few as well as the young upcoming Brazilian electric bassist Yuri Daniel.
Garbarek's repertoire is difficult to pin down. Straight ahead bebop jazz, avant garde free jazz, classical jazz, Norwegian folk, jazz fusion and Brazilian samba. He is known as a major world music musician with collaborations with international musicians from all over the globe.
I have found that everyone of his albums and collaborations are a true representation of fresh new music that never disappoints or falls short !
As a sidebar he is the proud father of the major Norwegian female pop rock star Anja Garbarek.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI_CInaVezs - Twelve Moons audio from the Dresden Concert
All Music rating .....4.5/5
Jan Garbarek has long been a favorite musician of mine since 1975 when I first heard his evocative contemporary jazz fusion album Dansere. Garbarek is from Norway and is a virtuoso on tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone and flute. He has released more than thirty albums as a leader and collaborated on several other albums including ones with the legendary jazz pianist Keith Jarrett.
Garbarek at the tender age of 64 years still has massive chops and range as a saxophonist. His inventiveness and originality are a pleasure to listen to. The music on this double live set recorded in Dresden, Germany is buoyed by Rainer Bruninghaus, his lifelong German temporary accompanist on piano and keyboards, Manu Katche the phenomenal French drummer who has played as a guest musician with Peter Gabriel and Joan Armatrading , just to name a very few as well as the young upcoming Brazilian electric bassist Yuri Daniel.
Garbarek's repertoire is difficult to pin down. Straight ahead bebop jazz, avant garde free jazz, classical jazz, Norwegian folk, jazz fusion and Brazilian samba. He is known as a major world music musician with collaborations with international musicians from all over the globe.
I have found that everyone of his albums and collaborations are a true representation of fresh new music that never disappoints or falls short !
As a sidebar he is the proud father of the major Norwegian female pop rock star Anja Garbarek.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI_CInaVezs - Twelve Moons audio from the Dresden Concert
All Music rating .....4.5/5
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