Witchi-Tai-To is an album by the Jan Garbarek–Bobo Stenson Quartet recorded over two days in November 1973 and released on ECM the following year. The quartet features rhythm section Palle Danielsson and Jon Christensen.[5]
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| Studio album by the Jan Garbarek–Bobo Stenson Quartet | ||||
| Released | 1974 | |||
| Recorded | 27–28 November 1973 | |||
| Studio | Arne Bendiksen Studio Oslo, Norway | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 45:46 | |||
| Label | ECM 1041 ST | |||
| Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |  [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
| VG (2014) | [4] |
Reception edit
The AllMusic review by Brian Olewnick awards the album 4½ stars and states, "Long before he became the standard-bearer for the 'ECM sound,' churning out discs with a mildly medieval or Scandinavian flavor spiced with enough new age fluff to guarantee sales, Jan Garbarek produced a string of superb albums, culminating in Witchi-Tai-To, his masterpiece... He might never have reached similar heights since, but Witchi-Tai-To, along with Dave Holland's Conference of the Birds, is one of the two finest jazz albums that ECM ever released, and simply one of the very top jazz albums of the '70s."
Track listing edit
- "A.I.R." (Carla Bley) – 8:15
- "Kukka" (Palle Danielsson) – 4:32
- "Hasta Siempre" (Carlos Puebla) – 8:10
- "Witchi-Tai-To" (Jim Pepper) – 4:24
- "Desireless" (Don Cherry) – 20:25
Personnel edit
Jan Garbarek–Bobo Stenson Quartet edit
References edit
- ^ Olewnick, Brian (2011). "Witchi-Tai-To – Jan Garbarek | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 81. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 523. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Olewnick, B. Allmusic Review accessed 4 November 2009
- ^ ECM catalogue accessed 4 November 2009