''Triptykon'' is the fourth 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 ...

, his third release on the ECM label, and is performed by Garbarek with

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and

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Reception

Jazz historian and

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journalist,

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, identified ''Triptykon'' to be one of Garbarek's top five best recordings, noting that it presented a 'radical twist' in Garbarek's musical style. This 'twist' was also highlighted in an

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review by Brian Olewnick, who awarded the album 4½ stars and stating, "Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek took several intriguing stylistic turns early in his career, none more extreme than that shown on ''Triptykon''... an expressionist trio drawing on both free improvisation and Scandinavian folk tunes, roaring, stumbling, and reeling, evoking an aural equivalent of Edvard Munch. Garbarek's work on all his reeds is assured and imaginative, even as the context is often dark and bleak... Highly recommended".

Track listing

All compositions by Jan Garbarek, Arild Anderson, Edward Vesala except where noted. # "Rim" – 10:33 # "Selje" – 2:16 # "J.E.V." – 7:28 # "Sang" – 2:45 # "Triptykon" – 12:46 # "Etu Hei!" (Garbarek, Vesala) – 2:20 # "Bruremarsj" (Traditional) – 4:13

Personnel

* Jan Garbarek – soprano saxophone,

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References

{{Authority control Jan Garbarek albums 1973 albums ECM Records albums Albums produced by Manfred Eicher