Person
Jan Garbarek
Albums
44
Members
4
Active
1947–present
Origin
Norway
Biography
Jan Garbarek (born 4 March 1947) is a Norwegian tenor and soprano saxophonist, active in the jazz, classical, and world music genres. Garbarek was born in Mysen, Norway, the only child of a former Polish prisoner of war Czesław Garbarek and a Norwegian farmer's daughter. Effectively stateless until the age of seven (there was no automatic grant of citizenship in Norway at that time) Garbarek grew up in Oslo. At 21, he married Vigdis. He is the father of musician, (vocals) and composer Anja Garbarek.
Discography
Esoteric Circle
Sart
Triptykon
Belonging
Red Lanta
Luminessence
Østerdalsmusikk
Dis
Places
Aftenland
Mágico
Eventyr
Folk Songs
Paths, Prints
Paths, Prints
Trip to Prillarguri
Works
All Those Born With Wings
Legend of the Seven Dreams
Personal Mountains
Rosensfole
I Took Up the Runes
Star
Madar
Ragas and Sagas
Atmos
Madar
Officium
Visible World
Rites
Mnemosyne
Mnemosyne
Selected Recordings
Selected Recordings - Rarum II
In Praise of Dreams
In Praise Of Dreams (Radio Edits)
Elixir
Officium Novum
Dansere
Magico: Carta de Amor
Sleeper: Tokyo, April 16, 1979
Hommage à Eberhard Weber
Remember Me, My Dear
Hav
Credits
2 Nuits D'Improvisation
Alpstein
Atmos
Briefly Shaking
Briskeby Blues
Can I Keep Him?
December Poems
Deer Wan
Det Året Det Var Så Bratt
Electronic Sonata For Souls Loved By Nature
Hav
Himmel Og Helvete
Ingentings Bjeller
In Praise Of Dreams (Radio Edits)
Jazz Moments
Joy
Listen To The Silence
Live At The Studio
Living Magic
Madar
Mnemosyne
Neighbourhood
Of Mist And Melting
Østerdalsmusikk
Othello Ballet Suite / Electronic Organ Sonata No. 2
Pan
Paths, Prints
Popofoni
Résumé
Selected Recordings
Selected Recordings
Sleeper (Tokyo, April 16, 1979)
Syner
The Essence Of George Russell
The Last Trick
The Road Is Just A Surface
Til Vigdis
Trem Caipira
Trip To Prillarguri
Uncharted Land
Velkommen Inn
Ο Μελισσοκόμος
Ωδείον Ηρώδου Αττικού, 6 Σεπτεμβρίου 1988