Biography
Jan Garbarek (Norwegian pronunciation: [jɑːn ɡɑɾˈbɑ̀ːɾək]) (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 Garbarek, and a Norwegian woman, Kari Nordbø. He grew up in Oslo, stateless until the age of seven, as there was no automatic grant of citizenship in Norway at the time. When he was 21, he married the author Vigdis Garbarek. He is the father of musician and composer Anja Garbarek.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
My Song
1978
Arbour Zena
1976
Magico
1980
Solstice
1975
In Praise Of Dreams
2004
Visible World
1996
Twelve Moons
1993
Nude Ants (Live At The Village Vanguard)
1980
Of Mist And Melting
1978
Places
1978
Luminessence
1975
Belonging
1974
Witchi-Tai-To
1974
Don't Just Sing | An Anthology: 1963-1999
2015
Neighbourhood
2005
Officium
1994
Song For Everyone
1985
Works
1985
Folk Songs
1981
December Poems
1979
Sol Do Meio Dia
1978
Solstice / Sound And Shadows
1977
The Esoteric Circle
1971
Afric Pepperbird
1971
Credited work
1,444 releases · 140 albums · active 1966–2026
- Performance · 5,208
- Other credits · 259
- Production · 59
- Engineering · 38
Studios: Rainbow Studio · Talent Studio · Arne Bendiksen Studio · Tonstudio Bauer
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Keith Jarrett
- Eberhard Weber
- Anja Garbarek
- Jan Garbarek Group
- George Russell
- Ralph Towner
- Terje Rypdal