Jan Garbarek rose to fame in the mid-1970s playing post-bop jazz in Keith Jarrett's successful "European Quartet". Further success came with Dis, a meditative collaboration with guitarist Ralph Towner. In the 1980s, Garbarek's music began to incorporate synthesizers and elements of world music. In 1993 his album Officium, a collaboration with early music vocal performers the Hilliard Ensemble, was one of ECM's biggest-selling albums, reaching the pop charts in several European countries.
In 2005, his album In Praise of Dreams was nominated for a Grammy.
Jan Garbarek at a Glance
Jan Garbarek (born 4 March 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 a former Polish prisoner of war Czeslaw Garbarek and a Norwegian farmer's daughter. Effectively stateless till the age of seven (there is no automatic grant of citizenship in Norway) Garbarek grew up in Oslo. At 21, he married Vigdis. His daughter Anja Garbarek is also a musician. He has also played the bass saxophone.
Garbarek's sound is one of the hallmarks of the ECM record label, which has released virtually all o...
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Did you know that Jan Garbarek studied saxophone playing by reading long before he ever touched the instrument? Thank you for a great lens about a great musician.
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