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3.0 out of 5 stars
Euro Avante-Garde Youngsters, September 10, 2001
This review is from: Sart (Audio CD)
Famous for their ground-breaking work on ECM in the seventies, all five members of Jan Garbarek's Quintet sound admirably of-age in this 1971 release. There really are trying hard to be ahead of their time, taking on a project that will set a staple of avante garde in the jazz-rock fusion era. And they all fail miserably. But, there is still some super-cool stuff on this one. It reminds me alot of the bariar-breaking Blue Note records in the late sixties, most notably Eric Dolphy's OUT TO LUNCH and Anthony William's LIFE TIME. This stuff isn't by any means crazy either. It's contained and meticulous. Terje Rypdal doesn't soar on long solos, Chistiansen doesn't flail away on his nice sounding Gretsch either. The keyboardest is phenomenal and Garbarek has the nicest licks in the ensemble. All an all, a nice fresh avante garde attempt from some future legends.
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