Places (Jan Garbarek album)

Places
Studio album by
Jan Garbarek
Released1978
RecordedDecember 1977
GenreJazz
Length48:25
LabelECM 1118
ProducerManfred Eicher
Jan Garbarek chronology
Dis
(1977) 		Places
(1978) 		Photo with Blue Sky, White Cloud, Wires, Windows and a Red Roof
(1979)

Places is an album by Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek, recorded in December 1977 and released on ECM the following year. The quartet features pianist John Taylor, guitarist Bill Connors, and drummer Jack DeJohnette.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states, "A fairly sleepy ECM date ... the music has plenty of space, is introspective, and often emphasizes long tones."[2]

Awarding the album four stars out of four, The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings describes it as “a small masterpiece, dominated by one long track.”[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Jan Garbarek.

  1. "Reflections" – 15:08
  2. "Entering" – 7:56
  3. "Going Places" – 14:16
  4. "Passing" – 11:18

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Jan Garbarek discography accessed 5 November 2009
  2. ^ a b Yanow, Scott (2011). "Places – Jan Garbarek AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 81. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 523. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.