Rites is a double album by Norwegian jazz saxophonist Jan Garbarek recorded in March 1998 and released on ECM later that year.[1]
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| Released | October 5, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | March 1998 | |||
| Studio | Rainbow Studio Oslo, Norway Tbilisi (track 2-5 only) | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 98:15 | |||
| Label | ECM ECM 1685/86 | |||
| Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
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Reception edit
The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek stated: "On one collection, listeners get music for prayer, contemplation, and grief, as well as a funky European read of indigenous music for moving to and celebrating. Clearly this is what sets Rites above Garbarek's other recordings, him taking that balance he possessed so early in his career back again and putting it to work in a near-sacred setting."[2]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
Track listing edit
- All compositions by Jan Garbarek except as indicated
Disc one
- "Rites" – 8:29
- "Where the Rivers Meet" – 7:02
- "Vast Plain, Clouds" – 5:55
- "So Mild the Wind, So Meek the Water" – 6:11
- "Song, Tread Lightly" – 7:45
- "It's OK to Listen to the Gray Voice" – 6:45
- "Her Wild Ways" – 6:46
Disc two
- "It's High Time" – 3:36
- "One Ying for Every Yang" – 6:36
- "Pan" – 6:13
- "We Are the Stars" – 5:03
- "The Moon over Mtatsminda" (Jansug Kakhidze) – 4:02
- "Malinye" (Don Cherry) – 6:22
- "The White Clown" – 3:47
- "Evenly They Danced" – 5:18
- "Last Rite" – 8:25
Personnel edit
- Jan Garbarek – soprano and tenor saxophones, synthesizers, sampler, percussion
- Rainer Brüninghaus – piano (Disc One tracks 4, 6 & 7), keyboards (Disc One tracks 3 & 6, Disc Two tracks 2 & 7)
- Eberhard Weber – bass (Disc One tracks 3, 4, 6, & 7, Disc Two tracks 2 & 7)
- Marilyn Mazur – drums (Disc One tracks 3, 4, 6 & 7, Disc Two tracks 2, 6 & 7), percussion (Disc One tracks 2 & 5)
- Bugge Wesseltoft – synthesizer (tracks 1-1, 2-1, 2-8 & 2-9), accordion (track 2-6)
- Jansug Kakhidze – conductor (track 2-5)
- Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra
- Torstein Grythe – conductor (track 2-4)
- Sølvguttene Choir
Technical personnel edit
- Manfred Eicher – producer
- Jan Erik Kongshaug – engineer (except track 2-5)
- Mikhail Kilosanidze – recording (track 2-5)
- Sascha Kleis – cover design
- Giya Chkhatarashvili, Gérald Minkoff, Jim Bengston, Muriel Olesen, Silvia Lelli – photography
- Jan Garbarek – liner notes
References edit
- ^ ECM discography accessed October 3, 2011
- ^ a b Jurek, T. AllMusic Review accessed October 3, 2011
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 524. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.