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Aftenland
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Aftenland is an album by Norwegian jazz composer and saxophonist Jan Garbarek
and organist Kjell Johnsen recorded in 1979 and released on the ECM label in 1980.
Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek is a Norwegian tenor and soprano saxophonist, active in the jazz, classical, and world music genres. Garbarek was born in Mysen, Norway, the only child of a former Polish prisoner of war Czesław Garbarek and a Norwegian farmer's daughter...
and organist Kjell Johnsen recorded in 1979 and released on the ECM label in 1980.
Reception
The Allmusic review awarded the album 2 stars.Track listing
- All compositions by Jan Garbarek and Kjell Johnsen
- " Aftenland" - 7:14
- "Syn" - 6:42
- "Linje" - 1:58
- "Bue" - 2:04
- "Enigma" - 3:39
- "Kilden" - 7:33
- "Spill" - 4:21
- "Iskirken" - 6:48
- "Tegn" - 4:54
- Recorded at Engelbrektskyrkan in Stockolm, Norway in December 1979
Personnel
- Jan GarbarekJan GarbarekJan Garbarek is a Norwegian tenor and soprano saxophonist, active in the jazz, classical, and world music genres. Garbarek was born in Mysen, Norway, the only child of a former Polish prisoner of war Czesław Garbarek and a Norwegian farmer's daughter...
- soprano saxophoneSoprano saxophoneThe soprano saxophone is a variety of the saxophone, a woodwind instrument, invented in 1840. The soprano is the third smallest member of the saxophone family, which consists of the soprillo, sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass, contrabass and tubax.A transposing instrument pitched in...
, tenor saxophoneTenor saxophoneThe tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, are the two most common types of saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble...
, wood fluteFluteThe flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening... - Kjell Johnsen - pipe organPipe organThe pipe organ is a musical instrument that produces sound by driving pressurized air through pipes selected via a keyboard. Because each organ pipe produces a single pitch, the pipes are provided in sets called ranks, each of which has a common timbre and volume throughout the keyboard compass...