Track Listing DISC 1: 1. Paper Nut 2. Tall Tear Trees, The 5. Rondo Amaroso 6. Tao 7. Milagre Dos Peixes
DISC 2: 1. There Were Swallows 2. Reluctant Saxophonist, The 3. Transformations 4. Once I Dreamt A Tree Upside Down 5. Fugl 6. Maracuja 7. Grooving Out! 8. Nu Bein' 9. Voy Cantando
| Details | | Producer: | Jan Garbarek, Manfred Eicher | | Distributor: | Universal Music Canada | | Recording Type: | Mixed | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Personnel: Jan Garbarek (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone). Audio Mixers: Jan Erik Kongshaug; Jan Garbarek; Manfred Eicher. Recording information: Alter Schlachthof, Dresden (10/20/2007). It's hard to believe that after recording as a leader for 40 years, DRESDEN: IN CONCERT is Jan Garbarek's first-ever live album. For those who think that Garbarek abandoned jazz some time ago, this will be a shock. DRESDEN is an engaged, kinetic, double-disc, two-hour performance of his quartet playing in the modern jazz idiom and using all of its tenets--from complex harmonics and rhythmic invention to extended lyric improvisation--to create a tour de force that honors all the music he holds dear. Garbarek plays tenor, soprano, and selje flute here, and is accompanied by his regular group that includes drummer Manu Katche, pianist/keyboadist Rainer Brüninghaus, and electric bassist Yuri Daniel. There are 16 compositions that include tracks from previous albums -- some of them radically but exquisitely revamped for this quartet and performance. There are also tunes by his bandmates, and an extended, stellar reading of Milton Nascimento's gorgeous "Milagro Dos Piexes," that features some of the most inventive and dynamic dialogue between Garbarek and Brüninghaus on record.
Editorial Reviews Garbarek, naturally, puts a lot of space in his playing; on 'Heitor' he even clips the notes of his soulful solo. JazzTimes
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