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Jan Garbarek
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Product Details

  • Audio CD (April 30, 1996)
  • Original Release Date: June 1995
  • Label: Ecm Records
  • ASIN: B0000031ZR
  • Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #92,876 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. Red Wind - Jan Garbarek
2. Creek - Jan Garbarek, Manu Katche
3. Survivor - Rainer Bruninghaus, Jan Garbarek, Manu Katche, Eberhard Weber
4. Healing Smoke - Jan Garbarek, Marilyn Mazur, Eberhard Weber
5. Visible World (Chiaro) - Jan Garbarek, Marilyn Mazur
6. Desolate Mountains - Rainer Bruninghaus, Jan Garbarek, Marilyn Mazur
7. Desolate Mountains [II] - Rainer Bruninghaus, Jan Garbarek, Marilyn Mazur, Eberhard Weber
8. Visible World (Scuro) - Jan Garbarek, Marilyn Mazur, Eberhard Weber
9. Giulietta - Jan Garbarek, Marilyn Mazur
10. Desolate Mountains [III] - Rainer Bruninghaus, Jan Garbarek
11. Pygmy Lullaby - Rainer Bruninghaus, Jan Garbarek, Manu Katche, Marilyn Mazur, Eberhard Weber
12. Quest - Rainer Bruninghaus, Jan Garbarek, Eberhard Weber
13. Arrow - Jan Garbarek, Trilok Gurtu, Manu Katche, Marilyn Mazur
14. Scythe - Jan Garbarek
15. Evening Land - Mari Boine, Jan Garbarek, Marilyn Mazur

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This 1995 release followed closely on the heels of the enormously successful Officium, Jan Garbarek's meditative collaboration with the Hilliard Ensemble. The same tranquil aesthetic prevails on this release, but the methods and materials differ. Garbarek opts here for the recording studio over the monastery, building up many of the tracks himself with percussion and keyboards as well as the keening, resonant sounds of his soprano and tenor saxes. His compositions emphasize folk-like melodies and ethereal soundscapes, and there's effective work from pianist Rainer Brüninghaus and bassist Eberhard Weber. The often-dramatic percussion from Marilyn Mazur, Manu Katché, and Trilok Gurtu adds ceremonial and world-music touches to some superior work in the New Age genre. --Stuart Broomer

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars I think I'm going to give Jan Garbarek a lifetime free pass . . ., February 26, 2007
This review is from: Visible World (Audio CD)
. . . as far as I'm concerned, he can do just about whatever he wants and earn a five-star review from me.

I have a somewhat curious relationship to this disc of his. I remember purchasing it and being rather disappointed. No, not rather, MAJORLY disappointed. I thought it lacked rigor, soul, you name it. So much so that I sold it.

Then, after coming to my senses a decade later, I re-checked it out.

And was completely, absolutely, bowled over, estimating that it may, just, be his finest recording ever.

What happened in the interim? I'm not completely sure. I bought Rites and In Praise of Dreams. I revisited Legend of the Seven Dreams, I Took Up the Runes, and It's Okay to Listen to the Gray Voice, and concluded that here was a master of jazz elegiacism--perhaps the greatest and most important move of this alien yet homely music.

And I decided that Garbarek, on account of the hugely evocative move (the purely elegiac) that he makes on almost all his discs--but most decisively here--deserves a Lifetime Free Pass.

What does that mean? For me, it means that unless he makes a major misstep, everything he records merits utter musical absolution: No Purgatory for this master of the heart and soul of jazz melancholy.

Isn't that a little silly? I suppose so, but I can't help it. First off, his soprano sax concept and execution alone merit such exceptionalism. Has there ever been a player who gets so much pathos out of an instrument? I don't think so, and I also don't think there ever will be.

Second, he's somehow, magically, single-handedly bridged the gap between New Age and authentic jazz in his soprano sax playing and overall musical conception and soundscape. Tell me if you detect even the slightest hint of Kenny G in these grooves, and I'll retract everything I've said. But you won't. Trust me.

Third, I venture to say without contradiction that you'll hear here sounds and voices seldom if ever heard elsewhere. Take "Visible World - chiaro" as an example. What mystery! What pathos! What friendly weirdness! But "Desolate Mountains I" sustains and extends the aesthetic by leaps and bounds, and its successor, "Desolate Mountains II" somehow, magically, ups the ante.

Look. We're in the hands of a master here. No room for gainsaying. Nor second-guessing. Nor grousing.

Just accept it. Acknowledge it. And be grateful.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The work of a genius... again, October 12, 1999
By Robert Moss (Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
Jan Garbarek has again blessed us with a thing of exquisite beauty. As you start the first track, Red Wind, you are overcome by an instant, ethereal atmosphere. It's like aromatherapy, on a CD. The CD then takes you on a journey, through powerful, poignant pieces like The Survivor, through detatched, lightweight pieces like the Desolate Mountains, Haunting, weird pieces like Visible World (chiaro -) and leaves you with the stirring, cool Evening Land.

It is in your best interests to buy this CD. It may change your life. Unfortunately if you're one of the poor saps who never discovers this music, it's too bad...

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The stuff of dreams, November 28, 1998
I was given Visible World as a present - I would never have picked it off the shelf because I had never heard of Jan Garbarek. From the first note through to the end of the album I found myself transfixed and transported to a wonderful place. This is one of the most mellow thought provoking pieces of work I have ever listened to.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Not His Best
Garbarek has made recordings in a variety of settings that encompass a variety of moods, but Visible World is the first one that has ever prompted my wife to ask me in surprise... Read more
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1.0 out of 5 stars Proves the theory...
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4.0 out of 5 stars Music That Changed My Life!
Well, well. Jan Garbarek is amazing no matter what he does, but here specifically the compositions and musicianship are stunning. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars This is One You Can Listen to in Peace
No, it's not a really great piece of work, but it is the best of the New Age jazz I've heard from Garbarek. Read more
Published on February 16, 2007 by Gustave O. Frey

4.0 out of 5 stars New-Agey but pleasant enough
Easy to understand the hostility with which this album is sometimes viewed -- it is Garbarek's most New-Agey recording, a smooth compilation of folksy tunes (including the lovely... Read more
Published on July 25, 2005 by Marius Cipolla

4.0 out of 5 stars Trying to do too much himself?
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3.0 out of 5 stars Garbarek marking time
I was expecting more out of Garbarek after his Twelve Moons CD, which contains more than its share of magical moments. Read more
Published on April 9, 2001 by Eric J. Anderson

4.0 out of 5 stars good, but not great, garbarek
Considering all the other Garbarek albums I own, I found this one just a tad disappointing. Yes, as usual the sidemen are great, his sax play restrained yet appealing, the time... Read more
Published on October 25, 2000 by C. H Smith

2.0 out of 5 stars Kenny G meets Deep Forest
This is a rather lifeless, unimaginative work. It should be filed under "easy-listening" and not "jazz. Read more
Published on May 20, 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars A door to a new world
I simply didn't like jazz. Then there was Visible World, and a door to a new world was opened. It's melodious without loosing it's edge, and it let's a beginner's ears follow the... Read more
Published on July 4, 1998

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