Keith Jarrett, Jan Garbarek - Luminessence (1974)

Front Cover	Album Info
	Artist/Composer Keith Jarrett, Jan Garbarek Title Luminessence Length 35:48 Discs: 1 Tracks: 3 Format HQ 192+ kbps Packaging Jewel Case Label ECM Cat. Number 839 307-2 Style Post-Bop Rating Recorded kwiecień 1974  at  Studio Bauer, Ludwigsburg Comment bardzo przejmujące...

Musicians	Credits
Keith Jarrett piano Jan Garbarek sax soprano, sax tenor	Producer Manfred Eicher Engineer Kurt Rapp Engineer Martin Wieland

Track list

01 Numinor 13:56 02 Windsong 06:36 03 Luminessence 15:16

Notes

AMG Review by Richard S. Ginell (4): Keith Jarrett does not actually play on this CD; rather, he composed three angst-ridden pieces of varying lengths for string orchestra, over which Jan Garbarek improvises on tenor and soprano saxes. The concept is not unlike that of Stan Getz's Focus, but this music is far more static, downcast, and free of the pulse of jazz. As was characteristic of his writing then, Jarrett's string parts are mostly turgid and thick-set, indulging in weird, sliding microtones on "Windsong," weighted down by some kind of emotional burden. Particularly when delivering piercing sustained notes on soprano, Garbarek often sounds like a native of the Middle East. The strings are from the Stuttgart Radio Symphony, led by Mladen Gutesha, who faithfully executes Jarrett's dolorous wishes.