Witchi-Tai-To (album)

Witchi-Tai-To
Studio album by the Jan Garbarek–Bobo Stenson Quartet
Released	1974 (1974)
Recorded	27–28 November 1973 (1973-11-27 – 1973-11-28)
Studio	Arne Bendiksen Studio Oslo, Norway
Genre	Jazz
Length	45:46
Label	ECM 1041 ST
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Jan Garbarek–Bobo Stenson Quartet chronology
Witchi-Tai-To (1974) Dansere (1975)
Jan Garbarek chronology
Red Lanta (1974) Witchi-Tai-To (1974) Dansere (1976)
Bobo Stenson chronology
Underwear (1971) Witchi-Tai-To (1974) Dansere (1976)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]
VG (2014)	[4]

Witchi-Tai-To is an album by the Jan Garbarek–Bobo Stenson Quartet recorded over two days in November 1973 and released on ECM the following year. The quartet features rhythm section Palle Danielsson and Jon Christensen.[5]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Brian Olewnick awards the album 4½ stars and states, "Long before he became the standard-bearer for the 'ECM sound,' churning out discs with a mildly medieval or Scandinavian flavor spiced with enough new age fluff to guarantee sales, Jan Garbarek produced a string of superb albums, culminating in Witchi-Tai-To, his masterpiece... He might never have reached similar heights since, but Witchi-Tai-To, along with Dave Holland's Conference of the Birds, is one of the two finest jazz albums that ECM ever released, and simply one of the very top jazz albums of the '70s."

Track listing

1. "A.I.R." (Carla Bley) – 8:15
2. "Kukka" (Palle Danielsson) – 4:32
3. "Hasta Siempre" (Carlos Puebla) – 8:10
4. "Witchi-Tai-To" (Jim Pepper) – 4:24
5. "Desireless" (Don Cherry) – 20:25

Personnel

Jan Garbarek–Bobo Stenson Quartet

• Jan Garbarek – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
• Bobo Stenson – piano
• Palle Danielsson – bass
• Jon Christensen – drums

References

1. Olewnick, Brian (2011). "Witchi-Tai-To – Jan Garbarek | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
2. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 81. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 523. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
4. Olewnick, B. Allmusic Review accessed 4 November 2009
5. ECM catalogue accessed 4 November 2009