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Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek (born 4 March 1947)[1] is a Norwegian jazz saxophonist
Jan Garbarek
who is also active in classical music and world music.

Garbarek was born in Mysen, Norway, the only child of a former Polish
prisoner of war, Czesław Garbarek, and a Norwegian farmer's daughter. He
grew up in Oslo, stateless until the age of seven, as there was no automatic
grant of citizenship in Norway at the time. When he was 21, he married
Vigdis. He is the father of musician and composer Anja Garbarek.[2]

Contents
Biography Jan Garbarek in Oslo in 2016
Awards and honors Background information
Discography Born 4 March 1947
As leader Mysen, Norway
As sideman
Origin Oslo, Norway
References
Genres Jazz, classical,
External links
world
Occupation(s) Musician

Biography Instruments Saxophone

Years active 1966–present
Garbarek's sound is one of the hallmarks of the ECM Records label, which
has released virtually all of his recordings. His style incorporates a sharp- Labels ECM, Flying
edged tone, long, keening, sustained notes, and generous use of silence. He Dutchman
began his recording career in the late 1960s, notably featuring on Associated acts George Russell,
recordings by the American jazz composer George Russell (such as Terje Rypdal,
Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature). If he had initially appeared Bobo Stenson,
as a devotee of Albert Ayler and Peter Brötzmann, by 1973 he had turned Keith Jarrett,
his back on the harsh dissonances of avant-garde jazz, retaining only his Ralph Towner,
tone from his previous approach. Garbarek gained wider recognition Eberhard Weber,
through his work with pianist Keith Jarrett's European Quartet which Bill Frisell, David
released the albums Belonging (1974), My Song (1977) and the live Torn, Gary
recordings Personal Mountains (1979), and Nude Ants (1979).[3] He was Peacock, Hilliard
also a featured soloist on Jarrett's orchestral works Luminessence (1974) Ensemble
and Arbour Zena (1975).[4] Website www.garbarek
.com (http://www.
As a composer, Garbarek tends to draw heavily from Scandinavian folk
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melodies, a legacy of his Ayler influence. He is also a pioneer of ambient
jazz composition, most notably on his 1976 album Dis a collaboration with
guitarist Ralph Towner that featured the distinctive sound of a wind harp on several tracks. This textural approach,
which rejects traditional notions of thematic improvisation (best exemplified by Sonny Rollins) in favour 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

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orthodox jazz musicians

and listeners, or spiritual
ancestors thereof. Other
experiments have
included setting a
collection of poems of
Olav H. Hauge to music,
with a single saxophone
complementing a full
mixed choir; this has led Garbarek with Eberhard Weber and Nana
Vasconcelos in Vancouver, Canada 1987.
to notable performances
with Grex Vocalis, but
not yet to recordings. In the 1980s, Garbarek's music began to incorporate
synthesizers and elements of world music. He has collaborated with Indian
and Pakistani musicians such as Trilok Gurtu, Zakir Hussain, Hariprasad
Chaurasia, and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Garbarek is credited for composing
Garbarek live in 2007.
original music for the 2000 film Kippur.

In 1994, during heightened popularity of Gregorian chant, 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 and was followed by a sequel,
Mnemosyne, in 1999. Officium Novum, another sequel album, was released in September 2010. In 2005, his album In
Praise of Dreams was nominated for a Grammy. Garbarek's first live album Dresden was released in 2009.

Awards and honors

1999: Knight 1st Class of the Order of St. Olav
2004: Norwegian Arts Council Award
2014: Willy-Brandt-Award[5]

Discography
With Keith Jarrett

As leader Belonging (ECM, 1974)

Til Vigdis (Norsk Jazzforbund, 1967) Luminessence (ECM, 1974)
Esoteric Circle (Flying Dutchman, 1969) Arbour Zena (ECM, 1975)
Afric Pepperbird (ECM, 1970) My Song (ECM, 1977)
Sart (ECM, 1971) with Terje Rypdal Personal Mountains (ECM, 1979)
Triptykon (ECM, 1972) Nude Ants (ECM, 1979)
Witchi-Tai-To (ECM, 1973) with Bobo Stenson Sleeper (ECM, 2012)
Dansere (ECM, 1975) with Bobo Stenson With Egberto Gismonti
Dis (ECM, 1976) with Ralph Towner
Sol Do Meio Dia (ECM, 1977)
Places (ECM, 1977)
My Song (ECM, 1978)
Photo with Blue Sky, White Cloud, Wires, Windows
and a Red Roof (ECM, 1978) with Bill Connors With Charlie Haden and Egberto Gismonti
Aftenland (ECM, 1980) with Kjell Johnsen
Magico (ECM, 1979)
Eventyr (ECM, 1980) with John Abercrombie and
Naná Vasconcelos Folk Songs (ECM, 1979)
Paths, Prints (ECM, 1981) with Bill Frisell Magico: Carta de Amor (ECM. 2012)
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Wayfarer (ECM, 1983) with Bill Frisell and With David Darling
Eberhard Weber
It's OK to Listen to the Gray Voice (ECM, 1985) Cycles (ECM, 1981)
with David Torn With Zakir Hussain
All Those Born with Wings (ECM, 1987)
Legend of the Seven Dreams (ECM, 1988) with Making Music (ECM, 1986) with John
Rainer Brüninghaus McLaughlin and Hariprasad Chaurasia
Rosensfole (1989) with Agnes Buen Garnås With Trilok Gurtu
I Took Up the Runes (ECM, 1990)
Living Magic (1990)
Ragas and Sagas (ECM, 1990 [1992]) with Fateh
Ali Khan With Manu Katché
StAR (ECM, 1991) with Miroslav Vitous
Neighbourhood (ECM, 2006)
Atmos (ECM, 1992) with Miroslav Vitous
With Eleni Karaindrou
Madar (ECM, 1992) with Anouar Brahem and
Shaukat Hussain
Music For Films (ECM, 1991)
Twelve Moons (ECM, 1992)
Concert in Athens (ECM, 2013)
Officium (ECM, 1994) with the Hilliard Ensemble
With Kim Kashkashian
Visible World (ECM, 1995)
Rites (ECM, 1998) Monodia (2002)
Mnemosyne (ECM, 1999) with the Hilliard With Marilyn Mazur
Ensemble
In Praise of Dreams (ECM, 2004) Elixir (2007)
Dresden (ECM, 2009) live album With Gary Peacock
Officium Novum (ECM, 2010) with the Hilliard
Ensemble December Poems (ECM, 1977)
Voice from the Past - Paradigm (ECM,
1981)
As sideman
Guamba (ECM, 1987)
With Karin Krog
With L. Shankar
Jazz Moments (1966)
Vision (1983)
Joy (1968)
Song for Everyone (1985)
With Terje Rypdal
With Paul Giger

Bleak House (Polydor, 1968)

Alpstein (ECM, 1991)
Terje Rypdal (ECM, 1971)
With Giya Kancheli
With George Russell
Caris Mere (1995)
Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature
(Flying Dutchman, 1969) With Miroslav Vitous

Trip to Prillarguri (Soul Note, 1970)

Universal Syncopations (ECM, 2003)
Listen to the Silence (Soul Note, 1971)
With Eberhard Weber
With Art Lande
Chorus (ECM, 1984)
Red Lanta (ECM, 1973)
Stages of a Long Journey (ECM, 2007)
With Ralph Towner Résumé (ECM, 2012)
Hommage à Eberhard Weber (ECM,
Solstice (ECM, 1975) 2015)
Solstice/Sound and Shadows (ECM, 1977)
With Kenny Wheeler
With Jan Erik Vold

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Hav (Philips, 1971) Deer Wan (ECM, 1977)

Ingentings Bjeller (Polydor, 1977)
With Bill Connors

Of Mist and Melting (ECM, 1977)

References
1. Hultin, Randi (2002). "Garbarek, Jan". In Barry Kernfeld. The new Grove dictionary of jazz, vol. 2 (2nd ed.). New
York: Grove's Dictionaries Inc. pp. 11–12. ISBN 1561592846.
2. Allmusic biography (https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p6554/biography)
3. Yanow, S. Allmusic Biography (https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p6554/biography) accessed 5 November 2009
4. Keith Jarret discography (http://www.jazzdisco.org/keith-jarrett/discography/) accessed 5 November 2009
5. willy-brandt-stiftung.de (http://www.willy-brandt-stiftung.de/preis.htm)

External links
Official website (http://www.garbarek.com)
Jan Garbarek on ECM Records (http://trovar.com/ECM/ECM.php?artist=garbarek)
Jan Garbarek (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0304912/) on IMDb
Jan Garbarek's daughter, singer Anja Garbarek's website (http://www.anjagarbarek.com)
Jan Garbarek Group @ Theatre Lycabettus concert review, Greece (https://web.archive.org/web/2007092722444
5/http://www.mixtape.gr/t.asp?sec=1&sub=3&uid=57)

Awards
Preceded by Recipient of the Buddyprisen Succeeded by
Jon Christensen 1968 Arild Andersen
Preceded by Recipient of the Gammleng-prisen Succeeded by
First award in 1982 1982 Karin Krog
Recipient of the Norsk kulturråds
Preceded by Succeeded by
ærespris
Jon Fosse Agnes Buen Garnås
2004

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