Esoteric Circle

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Esoteric Circle
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Studio album by
Jan Garbarek
Released1971
RecordedOctober 1969
StudioHenie-Onstad Kunstsenter, Bærum
Genre Jazz
Length45:08
Label Flying Dutchman
Producer George Russell
Jan Garbarek chronology
Til Vigdis
(1967)		Esoteric Circle
(1971)		 Afric Pepperbird
(1971)
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Esoteric Circle is the second album by Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek, originally released under the band name "The Esoteric Circle" on Bob Thiele's Flying Dutchman label but re-issued under his name on the Freedom imprint, performed by Garbarek with Terje Rypdal, Arild Andersen and Jon Christensen. [1]

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Reception

The Allmusic review by Brian Olewnick awards the album 4 stars and states, "a highly successful and enjoyable effort, one that can stand comfortably with work being done at that time by Tony Williams or John McLaughlin... Garbarek's own playing, here entirely on tenor, come largely out of Albert Ayler as well as Coltrane, and his general attack is much more raw and aggressive than the style for which he would eventually become more widely known through his recordings for ECM". [1]

Track listing

All compositions by Jan Garbarek.

  1. "Traneflight" – 2:51
  2. "Ralbalder" – 8:15
  3. "Esoteric Circle" – 5:22
  4. "Vips" – 5:40
  5. "Sas 644" – 8:49
  6. "Nefertite" – 2:05
  7. "Gee" – 1:10
  8. "Karin's Mode" – 7:30
  9. "Breeze Ending" – 3:39

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Olewnick, Brian (2011). "The Esoteric Circle – Terje Rypdal | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  2. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 81. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  3. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 525. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
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