Wayfarer (album)

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Wayfarer
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Studio album by
the Jan Garbarek Group
ReleasedSeptember 1983
RecordedMarch 1983
StudioTalent Studio
Oslo, Norway
Genre Jazz
Length46:28
Label ECM 1259
Producer Manfred Eicher
Jan Garbarek chronology
Paths, Prints
(1982)		Wayfarer
(1983)		 It's OK to Listen to the Gray Voice
(1985)
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Wayfarer is an album by the Jan Garbarek Group recorded in March 1983 and released on ECM September that year. The quartet features guitarist Bill Frisell and rhythm section Eberhard Weber and Michael Di Pasqua. [3]

Contents

Reception

The AllMusic review awards the album 3 stars. [1]

Track listing

Compositions by Jan Garbarek.
  1. "Gesture" – 8:48
  2. "Wayfarer" – 9:36
  3. "Gentle" – 5:30
  4. "Pendulum" – 10:24
  5. "Spor" – 7:53
  6. "Singsong" – 4:17

Personnel

Jan Garbarek Group

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References

  1. 1 2 "Wayfarer - Jan Garbarek Group | AllMusic". allmusic.com. 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  2. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 524. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ↑ "Wayfarer". ECM .
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