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I Took Up the Runes

FieldValue
nameI Took Up the Runes
typeAlbum
artistJan Garbarek
coverI Took Up the Runes.jpg
released1990
recordedAugust 1990
genreJazz
length60:46
labelECM
ECM 1419
chronologyJan Garbarek
prev_titleLegend of the Seven Dreams
prev_year1988
next_titleRagas and Sagas
next_year1990

ECM 1419 I Took Up the Runes is an album by Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek recorded August 1990 and released on ECM later that year. The quintet features pianist Rainer Brüninghaus, bassist Eberhard Weber, percussionist Nana Vasconcelos and drummer Manu Katché, with keyboardist Bugge Wesseltoft and singer Ingor Ánte Áilo Gaup.

Reception

In a contemporaneous review for Keyboard, Jim Aikin described the album as a "hauntingly evocative Euro-jazz session" and identified "Gula Gula" as "especially memorable".

The AllMusic review by Mark W. B. Allender awards the album 3½ stars and states "A more eclectic release than his preceding releases, Jan Garbarek's I Took Up the Runes satisfies listeners who had been more or less impatient for something with some meat and some muscle... A sign of good things to come."

Track listing

All compositions by Jan Garbarek except as noted.

  1. "Gula Gula" (Mari Boine) – 5:55
  2. "Molde Canticle: Part 1" – 5:13
  3. "Molde Canticle: Part 2" – 5:43
  4. "Molde Canticle: Part 3" – 9:54
  5. "Molde Canticle: Part 4" – 5:10
  6. "Molde Canticle: part 5" – 6:06
  7. "His Eyes Were Suns" (Traditional) – 6:04
  8. "I Took Up the Runes" – 5:24
  9. "Buena hora, buenos vientos" – 8:51
  10. "Rahkki Sruvvis" (Ingor Ánte Áilo Gaup) – 2:26

Personnel

  • Jan Garbarek – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
  • Rainer Brüninghaus – piano
  • Eberhard Weber – bass
  • Nana Vasconcelos – percussion
  • Manu Katché – drums

Additional musicians

  • Bugge Wesseltoft – synthesizer
  • Ingor Ánte Áilo Gaup – voice

References

References

  1. [http://www.wnur.org/jazz/artists/garbarek.jan/ecm1419.html Jan Garbarek discography] {{Webarchive. link. (2009-12-22 accessed 9 November 2009)
  2. Aikin, Jim, "In Review" ''Keyboard'' Volume 17, Number 7 (Issue #181) May 1991, page 17
  3. Allender, M. W. B. [{{AllMusic
  4. (2008). "[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz". [[Penguin Books.
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