Jan Garbarek (born March 4, 1947 in Mysen, Norway) a Norwegian tenor and so… Read Full Bio ↴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, Czesław Garbarek, 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.
After recording a string of unheralded avant-garde albums, Garbarek rose to international prominence in the mid-1970s playing post-bop jazz, both as a leader and as a member of Keith Jarrett's successful "European Quartet." He achieved considerable commercial success in Europe with Dis, a meditative collaboration with guitarist Ralph Towner that featured the distinctive sound of a wind harp on several tracks. (Selections from Dis have been used as incidental music in several feature films and documentaries.) In the 1980s, Garbarek's music began to incorporate synthesizers and elements of world music. In 1993, during the Gregorian chant craze, his album Officium, a collaboration with early music vocal performers the Hilliard Ensemble, became one of ECM's biggest-selling albums of all time, reaching the pop charts in several European countries. (Its sequel, Mnemosyne, followed in 1999.) In 2005, his album In Praise of Dreams was nominated for a Grammy.
In addition to the selections from Dis, Garbarek has also composed music for several other European films, including French and Norwegian films. Also his song 'Rites' was used in the American film The Insider.
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.
After recording a string of unheralded avant-garde albums, Garbarek rose to international prominence in the mid-1970s playing post-bop jazz, both as a leader and as a member of Keith Jarrett's successful "European Quartet." He achieved considerable commercial success in Europe with Dis, a meditative collaboration with guitarist Ralph Towner that featured the distinctive sound of a wind harp on several tracks. (Selections from Dis have been used as incidental music in several feature films and documentaries.) In the 1980s, Garbarek's music began to incorporate synthesizers and elements of world music. In 1993, during the Gregorian chant craze, his album Officium, a collaboration with early music vocal performers the Hilliard Ensemble, became one of ECM's biggest-selling albums of all time, reaching the pop charts in several European countries. (Its sequel, Mnemosyne, followed in 1999.) In 2005, his album In Praise of Dreams was nominated for a Grammy.
In addition to the selections from Dis, Garbarek has also composed music for several other European films, including French and Norwegian films. Also his song 'Rites' was used in the American film The Insider.
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Ave Maris Stella Ave maris stella, Dei mater alma Atque semper virgo, Feli…
Beata Viscera Beata viscera Marie virginis, Cuius ad ubera Rex magni no…
East Of The Sun And West Of The Moon East of the sun and west of the moon We'll build…
Parce Mihi Domine Parce mihi Domine, nihil enim sunt dies mei. Quid est homo,…
Rosensfole Rosensfole ville 'kje eta konn Sadel inn mæ marmor å steinar…
Roses For You All my girls at the party Look at his body Shakin' that…
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@graziellasanga7736
L'art musical poussé avec une extrème sensibilité, harmonies des sons qui vous emportent dans un tourbillon de sensations mystiques, de rèveries et de bien-être. Mélange savant et subtil des accords , acquis par la fusion de rythmes et de styles universels.
Bravo à ces artistes que je désire écouter en live.
@rsgblue
Can Listen for ever
@kalimerhabadatca
Wunderbar! Harika!
@thomashaug9629
Amazing
@pedroa.cantero9449
En tiempos de violencia todo hermanamiento con el “otro” cae bajo sospecha, cuando entonces es el momento de afirmarlo. El son encuentra la senda que la arena borró, no hay norte o sur sino sur y norte reencontrados en una misma migración, poniente y levante hacia un mañana planetario. Los caminos son múltiples pero al final todos confluyen, menos uno, el del oprobio que va suelto y sin otro rumbo que borrar las pistas que convergen. Solo el son nos guía cuando aquel viento sopla. Hermoso homenaje este al imposible Sur. El del Gran Desierto. Qwas, en particular, me trae a la memoria la obra de aquel apóstol de las arenas Théodore Monod que encontró en el desierto su verdad. « On ne peut rester insensible à la beauté du désert. […] Le désert appartient à ces paysages capables de faire naître en nous certaines interrogations ». Cuestiones esenciales sobre el ser y el espacio, la existencia misma y el sinsentido de la banalidad.
@arifnoorani1699
Very Nice . . .
In times of violence all twinning with the "other" falls under suspicion, when then is the time to affirm it. The son finds the path that the sand erased, there is no north or south but south and north reunited in the same migration, west and rise towards a planetary tomorrow. The paths are multiple but in the end all come together, except one, the one of the opprobrium that goes loose and with no other direction than to erase the converging tracks. Only the son guides us when the wind blows. Beautiful tribute this to the impossible South. The Great Desert. Qwas, in particular, brings to mind the work of that apostle of the sands Théodore Monod who found his truth in the desert. «On ne peut rester insensible à la beauté du désert. [...] Le désert appartient à ces paysages de faire naître en nous certaines interrogations'. Essential questions about being and space, existence itself and nonsense of banality.
@domenicorecupero3842
Thank you Arif. Thank you Pedro.
@pedroa.cantero9449
Thank you Domenico
@pedroa.cantero9449
Thank you Arif.
@nejibakremi69
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