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Jan Garbarek () (born 4 March 1947)

(2025). 9781561592845, Grove's Dictionaries Inc..
is a Norwegian saxophonist, who is also active in and .

Garbarek was born in , Østfold, southeastern , the only child of a former Polish prisoner of war, Czesław Garbarek, and a Norwegian woman, Kari Nordbø. He grew up in , stateless until the age of seven, as there was no automatic grant of citizenship in Norway at the time. When he was 21, he married the author Vigdis Garbarek. He is the father of musician and composer .

Biography
Garbarek's style incorporates a sharp-edged tone, long, keening, sustained notes, and generous use of silence.
(1997). 9781852277451, .
He began his recording career in the late 1960s, notably featuring on recordings by the American jazz composer George Russell (such as Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature). By 1973 he had turned his back on the harsh dissonances of , retaining only his tone from his previous approach. Garbarek gained wider recognition through his work with pianist 's European Quartet which released the albums Belonging (1974), My Song (1977), and the live recordings Personal Mountains (1979), and (1979). He was also a featured soloist on Jarrett's orchestral works Luminessence (1974) and (1975).

As a composer, Garbarek tends to draw heavily from folk melodies, a legacy of his influence. He is also a pioneer of ambient jazz composition, most notably on his 1976 album Dis a collaboration with guitarist , that featured the distinctive sound of a on several tracks. This textural approach, which rejects traditional notions of thematic improvisation (best exemplified by ) in favour of a style described by critics Richard Cook and Brian Morton as "sculptural in its impact", has been critically divisive. Garbarek's more meandering recordings are often labeled as , or spiritual ancestors thereof. Other experiments have included setting a collection of poems of Olav H. Hauge to music, with a single saxophone complementing a full mixed choir; this has led to notable performances with .

In the 1980s, Garbarek's music began to incorporate and elements of . He has collaborated with Indian and Pakistani musicians such as , Zakir Hussain, Hariprasad Chaurasia, and Bade Fateh Ali Khan. Garbarek is credited for composing original music for the 2000 film .

In 1994, during the heightened popularity of , his album Officium, a collaboration with vocal performers from the Hilliard Ensemble, became one of ECM's biggest-selling albums of all time, reaching the pop charts in several European countries and was followed by a sequel, Mnemosyne, in 1999. , another sequel album, was released in September 2010. In 2005, his album In Praise of Dreams was nominated for a . Garbarek's first live album Dresden was released in 2009.

== Gallery ==

in with Nordic Big Band.]]
and Naná Vasconcelos in , , in 1987]]

Awards and honors
  • 1999: Knight 1st Class of the Order of St. Olav
  • 2004: Norwegian Arts Council Award
  • 2014: Award

Memberships
Garbarek is foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.

Discography
As leader
  • 1967: Til Vigdis (, 1967)
  • 1969: (Flying Dutchman, 1971)
  • 1970: (, 1971)
  • 1970: Hav with Jan Erik Vold (, 1971)
  • 1971: Sart with (ECM, 1971)
  • 1972: Triptykon (ECM, 1973)
  • 1973: Witchi-Tai-To with (ECM, 1974)
  • 1975: with Bobo Stenson (ECM, 1976)
  • 1976: Dis with (ECM, 1977)
  • 1977: Places with (ECM, 1978)
  • 1978: Photo with Blue Sky, White Cloud, Wires, Windows and a Red Roof with Bill Connors (ECM, 1979)
  • 1979: with Kjell Johnsen (ECM, 1980)
  • 1980: with John Abercrombie and Naná Vasconcelos (ECM, 1981)
  • 1981: Paths, Prints with (ECM, 1982)
  • 1983: Wayfarer with and (ECM, 1983)
  • 1984: It's OK to Listen to the Gray Voice with (ECM, 1985)
  • 1986: All Those Born with Wings (ECM, 1987)
  • 1988: Legend of the Seven Dreams with Rainer Brüninghaus (ECM, 1988)
  • 1989: with Agnes Buen Garnås (ECM, 1989)
  • 1990: I Took Up the Runes (ECM, 1990)
  • 1990: Ragas and Sagas with Ustad Fateh Ali Khan (ECM, 1992)
  • 1991: StAR with Miroslav Vitouš (ECM, 1991)
  • 1992: Stemmer with Vigdis Garbarek (NRK, 1992)
  • 1992: Madar with and (ECM, 1994)
  • 1992: (ECM, 1993)
  • 1994: Officium with the Hilliard Ensemble (ECM, 1994) – live
  • 1994: Trollsyn (TrollCD, 1994) – for promotion
  • 1995: (ECM, 1996)
  • 1998: Rites (ECM, 1998)
  • 1998: Mnemosyne with the Hilliard Ensemble (ECM, 1999)
  • 2003: In Praise of Dreams (ECM, 2004)
  • 2003: Dresden (ECM, 2009) – live
  • 2009: with the Hilliard Ensemble (ECM, 2010) – live
  • 2014: Remember Me, My Dear with the Hilliard Ensemble (ECM, 2019)

As sideman
With
  • Sol Do Meio Dia (ECM, 1977)

With and

  • Magico (ECM, 1980)
  • Folk Songs (ECM, 1981)
  • (ECM, 2012)

With

  • 1974: Belonging (ECM, 1974)
  • 1974: (ECM, 1975)
  • 1975: (ECM, 1976)
  • 1977: My Song (ECM, 1978)
  • 1979: Personal Mountains (ECM, 1989)
  • 1979: Sleeper (ECM, 2012)
  • 1979: (ECM, 1980)

With

  • Music For Films (ECM, 1991)
  • Concert in Athens (ECM, 2013)

With

  • Jazz Moments (1966)
  • Joy (1968)

With

With

  • Bleak House (Polydor, 1968)
  • Terje Rypdal (ECM, 1971)

With George Russell

  • Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature (Flying Dutchman, 1969)
  • Trip to Prillarguri (Soul Note, 1970)
  • Listen to the Silence (Soul Note, 1971)

With L. Shankar

  • Vision (1983)
  • Song for Everyone (1985)

With

  • Solstice (ECM, 1975)
  • Solstice/Sound and Shadows (ECM, 1977)

With Jan Erik Vold

With Miroslav Vitouš

  • Universal Syncopations (ECM, 2003)
  • Atmos (ECM, 1992)

With

  • Chorus (ECM, 1984)
  • Stages of a Long Journey (ECM, 2007)
  • Résumé (ECM, 2012)
  • Hommage à Eberhard Weber (ECM, 2015)

With others

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