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Luminessence - Music For String Orchestra and Saxophone

Keith Jarrett (piano), Jan Garbarek (saxophone)

Luminessence - Music For String Orchestra and Saxophone
Key to Garbarek’s performances on Luminessence is the way in which he is completely at one with the composer’s intent, structuring his solos around the needs of each composition, while finding...

Luminessence - Music For String Orchestra and Saxophone

Keith Jarrett (piano), Jan Garbarek (saxophone)

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Key to Garbarek’s performances on Luminessence is the way in which he is completely at one with the composer’s intent, structuring his solos around the needs of each composition, while finding...

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Luminessence, ECM's new audiophile vinyl-reissue series, is a kaleidoscope, shedding light on the jewels of the label's deep catalogue in elegant, high-quality editions - audiophile vinyl pressing, high-grade tip-on gatefold sleeves that include new liner notes.

Mysterious, dramatic and alluring, Luminessence comes from a peak period in the creative association between Keith Jarrett and Jan Garbarek, recorded in 1974, immediately after their vibrant Belonging album. Here, Jarrett creates shimmering orchestral frameworks to spur Garbarek to some of his most concentrated, impassioned and expressive playing.

"The melodies that Jarrett writes sound like Garbarek improvisations, so great is the rapport between the two men," wrote Ian Carr in his Keith Jarrett biography, while DownBeat, in a 5-star review, observed that "probing deep into his own personal musical cosmos, Jarrett has brought back a chilling and singular achievement that promises to stand as a landmark in the musical landscape of the 70s".

Produced by Manfred Eicher, the album that gives the Luminessence audiophile edition its name is augmented with new liner notes providing historical context.

Jan Garbarek: saxophones

Strings of S?dfunk Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart Orchestra

Mladen Gutesha: conductor

Contents and tracklist

Side 1

1. Numinor (13:49)

2. Windsong (6:27)

Side 2

1. Luminessence (15:16)

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Awards and reviews

May 2024

Key to Garbarek’s performances on Luminessence is the way in which he is completely at one with the composer’s intent, structuring his solos around the needs of each composition, while finding a voice within it that did not alter its meaning. It is a remarkable album and a considerable achievement by two young men, Jarrett then 28 and Garbarek 27.
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