''Rites'' is a

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by Norwegian jazz saxophonist

Jan Garbarek Jan Garbarek () (born 4 March 1947) is a Norwegian jazz saxophonist, who is also active in classical music and world music. Garbarek was born in Mysen, Østfold, southeastern Norway, the only child of a former Polish prisoner of war, Czesław Gar ...

recorded in March 1998 and released on

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Reception

The

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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."Jurek, T
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Track listing

:''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" (

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) – 4:02 # "Malinye" (

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) – 6:22 # "The White Clown" – 3:47 # "Evenly They Danced" – 5:18 # "Last Rite" – 8:25

Personnel

– soprano and tenor saxophones,

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s, sampler, percussion *

Rainer Brüninghaus Rainer Brüninghaus (born 21 November 1949) is a German jazz pianist, composer and university teacher. Career He was born in Bad Pyrmont, Lower Saxony, Germany. Rainer Brüninghaus was educated in classical piano, playing from the age of nine, a ...

– piano (Disc One tracks 4, 6 & 7), keyboards (Disc One tracks 3 & 6, Disc Two tracks 2 & 7) *

Eberhard Weber Eberhard Weber is a German double bassist and composer. As a bass player, he is known for his highly distinctive tone and phrasing. Weber's compositions blend chamber jazz, European classical music, minimalism and ambient music, and are regarded ...

– bass (Disc One tracks 3, 4, 6, & 7, Disc Two tracks 2 & 7) *

Marilyn Mazur Marilyn Mazur (born January 18, 1955) is an American-born Danish percussionist. Since 1975, she has worked as a percussionist with various groups, among them Six Winds with Alex Riel. Mazur is primarily an autodidact, but she has a degree in ...

– drums (Disc One tracks 3, 4, 6 & 7, Disc Two tracks 2, 6 & 7), percussion (Disc One tracks 2 & 5) *

Bugge Wesseltoft Jens Christian Bugge Wesseltoft (born 1 February 1964) is a Norwegian jazz pianist, composer, and producer, son of jazz guitarist Erik Wesseltoft. Career In 1989, Wesseltoft collaborated with the Knut Riisnæs Quartet and was soon after ...

– synthesizer (tracks 1-1, 2-1, 2-8 & 2-9),

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(track 2-6) *

– conductor (track 2-5) **Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra * Torstein Grythe – conductor (track 2-4) **

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Choir

Technical personnel

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– producer *

Jan Erik Kongshaug Jan Erik Kongshaug (4 July 1944 – 5 November 2019) was a Norwegian sound engineer, jazz guitarist, and composer. Career Kongshaug was born in Trondheim, the son of guitarist John Kongshaug. Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian) During his ch ...

– 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

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