Jan Garbarek Quartet – Afric Pepperbird (2024 Reissue)

Description

From theLuminessence Series.

Recorded in Oslo in September 1970,Afric Pepperbirdwas released on New Years Day in 1971. Half a century later, it still conveys the freshness and excitement of discoveries being made. The album signalled the arrival of four Norwegian improvisers Jan Garbarek, Terje Rypdal, Arild Andersen and Jon Christensen at the fledgling ECM label. It was the start of a lifelong association with each of the musicians, whose influence was soon to reach far beyond the borders of their homeland. In extended passages onAfric Pepperbird, with Christensen and Andersen stretching out, its quite often Rypdal effectively holding the centre with taut chords.Everybody is roaring here, with Garbarek deep into his free jazz vocabulary. Garbarek should be heard, wrote reviewer Joe Klee in DownBeat. I would venture that not since Django Reinhardt has there been a European jazz musician so original and forward-looking as this young Norwegian. via Label

Label: ECM Records
Series: Luminessence
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Gatefold
Reissued: 2024 / Original Release: 1970
Genre: Jazz
Style: Free Jazz, Contemporary Jazz

File under: ECM