Jan Garbarek

Twelve Moons may be the fifth Jan Garbarek Group album by name, but its smoothness and level of musicianship mark it as a great leap into the group’s signature sound. Between the sparkling ocean of the two-part title track and a gloriously realized “Witchi-Tai-To” (making its first reappearance since the selfsame album of 1974), Garbarek and his mind-melded band mates have created a record of great scope and mood. Earthen motives mesh with synth textures, breath with lively percussion, folk tunes with modern lilts. By means of his cinematic sweep Garbarek turns aside the bane of an indifferent world in favor of visceral emotional connections.

PERSONNEL:

• JAN GARBAREK, soprano ans tenor sax
• RAINER BRÜNINGHAUS, keyboards
• EBERHARD WEBER, bass
• MANU KATCHÉ, drums
• MARIYN MAZUR, percussion
• AGNES BUEN GARNÁS, vocal
• MARI BOINE, vocal

Recorded September 1992 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo

TRACKS:

• 01. Twelve Moons (Part one: Winter-Summer, Part two: Summer-Winter)
• 02. Psalm
• 03. Brother Wind March
• 04. There Were Swallows...
• 05. The Tall Tear Trees
• 06. Arietta
• 07. Gautes-Margjit
• 08. Darvánan
• 09. Huhai
• 10. Witchi-Tai-To