{"product_id":"jan-garbarek-quartet-afric-pepperbird","title":"Jan Garbarek Quartet - Afric Pepperbird","description":"\u003cp\u003eCat. no: 4505317\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: LP Luminessence Series - Audiophile Vinyl Edition \u003cbr\u003eBarcode: 602445053179 \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRelease Date: 01 Mar 2024\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLuminessence, ECM's new audiophile vinyl-reissue series, is a kaleidoscope, shedding light on the jewels of the label's deep catalogue in elegant, high-quality editions - audiophile vinyl pressing, high-grade tip- on gatefold sleeves that include new liner notes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecorded in Oslo in September 1970, Afric Pepperbird was released on New Year's 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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNorwegian 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.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn extended passages on Afric Pepperbird, with Christensen and Andersen stretching out, it's 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.\"\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJan Garbarek: saxophones Terje Rypdal: guitar\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eArild Andersen: bass Jon Christensen: drums\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTracks: Scarabee \/ Mah- Jong \/ Beast Of Kommodo \/ Blow Away Zone \/ MYB \/ Concentus \/ Afric Pepperbird \/ Blupp\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ECM","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43110400524444,"sku":"4505317","price":32.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/files\/1_2d5cc977-f560-4aff-8794-fb84031cfdf3.webp?v=1708536243","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/jan-garbarek-quartet-afric-pepperbird","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}