''StAR'' is an album by Norwegian

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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 ...

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Miroslav Vitouš Miroslav Ladislav Vitouš (born 6 December 1947) is a Czech jazz bassist. Biography Born in Prague, Vitouš began the violin at age six, switching to piano after about three years, and then to bass at age fourteen. As a young man in Europe, ...

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Peter Erskine Peter Erskine (born June 5, 1954) is an American jazz drummer who was a member of the jazz fusion groups Weather Report and Steps Ahead. Early life and education Erskine was born in Somers Point, New Jersey, U.S. He began playing the drum ...

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review by Rick Anderson awarded the album 4 stars and states "The tunes may be somewhat interchangeable, but the music is virtuosic, thoughtful and thoroughly lovely, at times heart-tugging. Makes you wish these three would get together more often"Anderson,
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Track listing

:''All compositions by Miroslav Vitouš except as indicated'' # "Star" (Jan Garbarek) - 6:15 # "Jumper" - 4:21 # "Lamenting" - 6:08 # "Anthem" (Peter Erskine) - 6:16 # "Roses for You" - 5:39 # "Clouds in the Mountain" - 4:38 # "Snowman" (Erskine, Garbarek, Vitouš) - 5:21 # "The Music of My People" (Erskine) - 3:42 :*Recorded at Rainbow Studios in Oslo, Norway in January 1991

Personnel

* Jan Garbarek -

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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 ...

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References

{{Authority control 1991 albums ECM Records albums Jan Garbarek albums Albums produced by Manfred Eicher