''Aftenland'' is an album by Norwegian jazz composer and 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 ...

and organist Kjell Johnsen, recorded in 1979 and released on the

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label in 1980.ECM discography
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Reception

The

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review awarded the album 2 stars.AllMusic Review
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Track listing

:''All compositions by Jan Garbarek and Kjell Johnsen'' # " Aftenland" - 7:14 # "Syn" - 6:42 # "Linje" - 1:58 # "Bue" - 2:04 # "Enigma" - 3:39 # "Kilden" - 7:33 # "Spill" - 4:21 # "Iskirken" - 6:48 # "Tegn" - 4:54 *Recorded at

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in Stockholm, Sweden in December 1979

Personnel

soprano saxophone The soprano saxophone is a higher-register variety of the saxophone, a woodwind instrument invented in the 1840s. The soprano is the third-smallest member of the saxophone family, which consists (from smallest to largest) of the soprillo, sop ...

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while th ...

wood flute Wood is a porous and fibrous structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants. It is an organic materiala natural composite of cellulose fibers that are strong in tension and embedded in a matrix of lignin tha ...

*Kjell Johnsen -

pipe organ The pipe organ is a musical instrument that produces sound by driving pressurized air (called ''wind'') through the organ pipes selected from a keyboard. Because each pipe produces a single pitch, the pipes are provided in sets called ''ranks ...

References

{{Authority control ECM Records albums Jan Garbarek albums 1980 albums Albums produced by Manfred Eicher