Jan Garbarek (soprano and tenor saxophone); Rainer Brüninghaus (piano, keyboards); Yuri Daniel (bass); Manu Katché (drums).

This one is very eagerly-awaited: it has been six years since Jan Garbarek’s last album as a leader (“In Praise of Dreams”). And, moreover, this double-album – recorded in Dresden’s Alter Schlachthof in October 2007 – is also the first-ever live set from the highly-popular Garbarek Group. The band, now including Brazilian bassist Yuri Daniel, powers through repertoire old and new, and the Norwegian saxophonist is in top form, his exchanges with Manu Katche’s bold, emphatic drums particularly exciting. Material includes “12 Moons”, “There Were Swallows”, “Voy Cantando”, an ecstatic version of “Paper Nut” (last heard on Shankar’s “Song for Everyone”) and much more. Released in time for Jan’s extensive autumn tour.

TRACK LISITNGS

CD 1

1. Paper Nut (LISTEN TO AUDIO)
2. The Tall Tear Trees (LISTEN TO AUDIO)
3. Heitor (LISTEN TO AUDIO)
4. Twelve Moons (LISTEN TO AUDIO)
5. Rondo Amoroso (LISTEN TO AUDIO)
6. Tao (LISTEN TO AUDIO)
7. Milagre Dos Peixes (LISTEN TO AUDIO)

CD 2

1. There Were Swallows
2. The Reluctant Saxophonist
3. Transformations
4. Once I Dreamt A Tree Upside Down
5. Fugl
6. Maracuja
7. Grooving Out!
8. Nu Bein
9. Voy Cantando