Jan Garbarek - Legend Of The Seven Dreams (1982)

Jan Garbarek - Legend Of The Seven Dreams (1982)

Artist: Jan Garbarek
Title: Legend Of The Seven Dreams
Year Of Release: 1982
catalog no.: ECM 1381 (837 344-2)
Label: ECM
Genre: Jazz
Format: FLAC (image + cue + log)
Quality: lossless
Total Size: 282mb
Official Website: http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1300/1381.php

Description:
Biography
Jan Garbarek and the Hilliard Ensemble’s inspired collaboration began in 1993 with the groundbreaking recording Officium and has resulted in consistently inventive music making ever since. At that first meeting Garbarek’s saxophone, soaring as a free-ranging ‘fifth voice’ with the a cappella Ensemble, gave the first indications of the musical scope and emotional power of this combination.
There's mystery and looming drama throughout this 1988 recording, as Garbarek combines his saxophones and flute with his highly developed studio art. There's a piquancy to the long opening track, with Garbarek's lilting soprano first paraphrasing a traditional Lapp song before developing darker, minor hues. Strong echoes of the Middle East arise in the drones and percussion and the cry of Garbarek's saxophones on "Achirai" and "Brother Wind." "Voy Cantando" has hints of Garbarek's powerful jazz voice, momentarily exploding into the softer textures that predominate here. On the longer tracks, the saxophonist is joined by regular associates Eberhard Weber on bass, Nana Vasconcelos on percussion, and Rainer Brüninghaus on keyboards, while he goes it alone for a few brief atmospheric pieces. "Its Name Is Secret Road" is all flute with some arresting electronic alterations, while his soprano is the principal instrument on the "Mirror Stone" pieces, his plaintive oboelike sound seeming to echo across the fjords. --Stuart Broomer
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