I Took Up the Runes

I Took Up the Runes
Studio album by
Jan Garbarek
Released1990
RecordedAugust 1990
GenreJazz
Length60:46
LabelECM
ECM 1419
Jan Garbarek chronology
Legend of the Seven Dreams
(1988) 		I Took Up the Runes
(1990) 		Ragas and Sagas
(1990)

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.[1]

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".[2]

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."[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

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

Additional musicians

References

  1. ^ Jan Garbarek discography Archived 2009-12-22 at the Wayback Machine accessed 9 November 2009
  2. ^ Aikin, Jim, "In Review" Keyboard Volume 17, Number 7 (Issue #181) May 1991, page 17
  3. ^ a b Allender, M. W. B. Allmusic Review accessed 9 November 2009
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 524. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.