Triptykon (album)

Triptykon
Studio album by
Jan Garbarek
Released1973
Recorded8 November 1972[1]
StudioArne Bendiksen Studio
Oslo, Norway
GenreJazz
Length42:19
LabelECM 1029 ST
ProducerManfred Eicher
Jan Garbarek chronology
Sart
(1971) 		Triptykon
(1973) 		Red Lanta
(1974)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

Triptykon is the fourth album by Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek, recorded on 8 November 1972 and released on ECM the following year—his third for the label. The trio features rhythm section Arild Andersen and Edward Vesala.[1]

Reception

Jazz historian and Jazzwise journalist Stuart Nicholson selected Triptykon as one of Garbarek's five essential recordings, noting that it presented a "radical twist" in his musical style.[5]

In a similar vein, the AllMusic review by Brian Olewnick stated, "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."[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Jan Garbarek, Arild Anderson & Edward Vesala except where noted.

  1. "Rim" – 10:33
  2. "Selje" – 2:16
  3. "J.E.V." – 7:28
  4. "Sang" – 2:45
  5. "Triptykon" – 12:46
  6. "Etu Hei!" (Garbarek, Vesala) – 2:20
  7. "Bruremarsj" (Traditional) – 4:13

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b Grillo, Tyran (2010). "Jan Garbarek: Triptykon (ECM 1029)". Between Sound and Space: ECM Records and Beyond. No. November 4. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b Olewnick, Brian (2011). "Triptykon – Jan Garbarek | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 81. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 523. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. ^ Nicholson, Stuart (2021). "Jan Garbarek: Five Essential ECM Albums". Jazzwise. No. October 18. Mark Allen Group. Retrieved 9 May 2023.