Rarum, Vol. 2: Selected Recordings
Rarum, Vol. 2: Selected Recordings
ASIN: B0000646V9
Editorial Reviews
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One of the first eight releases in ECM's new rarum: series, Jan Garbarek's Selected Recordings is a two-disc overview put together by the artist. Pulling material from a label legacy that is 30 years long and 50 albums deep, this is a great overview of the Norwegian saxophonist, whose sonorous tone can somehow be both fluid and brittle sounding. Jazz fans will no doubt be impressed with the list of jazz personnel featured here (Keith Jarrett, Bill Frisell, Charlie Haden, and others), but Garbarek has covered a lot of ground, recording material that also includes medieval choral music, Norwegian folk music, Indian music (featuring Trilok Gurtu, Shankar, and Zakir Hussain), and electronic music. No matter the context, Garbarek's music is forward looking, and his spare playing is as concise as it is tasteful. The sound has been remastered to the 24-bit 96-kHz format, making this already elegiac music sound as if it truly is coming from the heavens. --Tad Hendrickson
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