| Aftenland | ||||
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| Studio album by Jan Garbarek and Kjell Johnsen | ||||
| Released | 1980 | |||
| Recorded | December 1979 | |||
| Studio | Engelbrekt Church Stockholm, Sweden | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 45:13 | |||
| Label | ECM 1162 | |||
| Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
| Jan Garbarek chronology | ||||
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Aftenland is an album by Norwegian jazz composer and saxophonist Jan Garbarek and organist Kjell Johnsen, recorded at the Engelbrekt Church in Stockholm in December 1979 and released on ECM the following year. [1]
The AllMusic review awarded the album 2 stars. [2]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [4] |
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