In Praise of Dreams

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In Praise of Dreams
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Studio album by
Released21 September 2004
Recorded24 March – 4 June 2003
StudioBlue Jay, Carlisle, Massachusetts; AP Studio, Paris, Oslo
Genre Jazz
Length52:25
Label ECM
ECM 1880
Producer Manfred Eicher, Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek chronology
Mnemosyne
(1999)
In Praise of Dreams
(2004)
Dresden
(2007)
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In Praise of Dreams is an album by Jan Garbarek recorded over the last week of March and the first week of April in 2003 and released on ECM the following year. In 2005, it was nominated for the Grammy for Best Contemporary Jazz Album.

Contents

Track listing

All compositions by Jan Garbarek.

  1. "As Seen from Above" – 4:42
  2. "In Praise of Dreams" – 5:22
  3. "One Goes There Alone" – 5:09
  4. "Knot of Place and Time" – 6:27
  5. "If You Go Far Enough" – 0:44
  6. "Scene from Afar" – 5:19
  7. "Cloud of Unknowing" – 5:26
  8. "Without Visible Sign" – 5:04
  9. "Iceburn" – 5:02
  10. "Conversation with a Stone" – 4:25
  11. "A Tale Begun" – 4:39

Personnel

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References

  1. Jurek, Thom (2011). "Jan Garbarek - In Praise of Dreams (2004) album review | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 525. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.