Eventyr
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Eventyr |
| type | Album |
| artist | Jan Garbarek |
| cover | Eventyr.jpg |
| released | September 1981{{cite web |
| website | ECM }} |
| recorded | December 1980 |
| studio | Talent Studio |
| Oslo, Norway | |
| length | 56:08 |
| label | ECM |
| ECM 1200 | |
| producer | Manfred Eicher |
| chronology | Jan Garbarek |
| prev_title | Folk Songs |
| prev_year | 1981 |
| next_title | Paths, Prints |
| next_year | 1982 |
| :: |
| name = Eventyr | type = Album | artist = Jan Garbarek | cover = Eventyr.jpg | alt = | released = September 1981{{cite web|title=Eventyr |url=https://www.ecmrecords.com/shop/143038750967/eventyr-jan-garbarek-nana-vasconcelos-john-abercrombie |website=ECM }} | recorded = December 1980 | venue = | studio = Talent Studio Oslo, Norway | genre = | length = 56:08 | label = ECM ECM 1200 | producer = Manfred Eicher | chronology = Jan Garbarek | prev_title = Folk Songs | prev_year = 1981 | next_title = Paths, Prints | next_year = 1982
Eventyr is an album by Norwegian jazz saxophonist and composer Jan Garbarek recorded in December 1980 and released on ECM September the following year. The trio features guitarist John Abercrombie and percussionist Naná Vasconcelos.
Reception
The AllMusic review awarded the album 2½ stars.
The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album three stars. | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = | rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz | rev2Score = | rev3 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | rev3Score = {{Cite book |editor-last=Swenson |editor-first=J. | author-link = | year = 1985 | title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone | location = USA | isbn = 0-394-72643-X | pages = 81
Track listing
:All compositions by Jan Garbarek, John Abercrombie and Naná Vasconcelos except as indicated
- "Soria Maria" - 11:39
- "Lillekort" - 5:02
- "Eventyr" - 9:19
- "Weaving a Garland" (Traditional) - 2:20
- "Once upon a Time" - 9:02
- "The Companion" (Garbarek, Vasconcelos) - 5:49
- "Snipp, Snapp, Snute" (Garbarek, Vasconcelos) - 4:30
- "East of the Sun and West of the Moon" - 8:27
Personnel
- Jan Garbarek – soprano and tenor saxophones, flutes
- John Abercrombie – guitars
- Naná Vasconcelos – berimbau, talking drum, percussion, voice
References
References
- [https://www.ecmrecords.com/shop/143038750967/eventyr-jan-garbarek-nana-vasconcelos-john-abercrombie-jan-garbarek-nana-vasconcelos-john-abercrombie ECM discography] accessed December 20, 2020.
- [http://www.allmusic.com/album/eventyr-r139062 Allmusic Review] accessed September 16, 2011
- (2008). "[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz". [[Penguin Books.
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