Jan Garbarek - Molde canticle (1991)

[smellybog]

I have loved him since a jazzfestival in Finland for at least 20 years ago, i heard him in Gothenburg 4 years ago and heard the incredible Marilyn Mazur for the first time. He gather creme de la creme ;)

[MrYasZ]

Thank you Mr Jan for this moment of pleasure !!

[alex70max]

So lucky to have seen them in Australia - this line up is superb!

[paider]

Nydelig

[SuperJanek000]

look at garbarek bialystok

[banitigarai]

this is soul, this is, music, and this is Jan Garbarek.

[ae19k49ara]

ΦΑΝΤΑΣΤΙΚΟ.....ΜΟΝΑΔΙΚΟ ....ΤΕΛΕΙΟ

[triangulo2013]

Esto es un ensamble original =)

[matnedful]

those, who tell that it is not jazz, just don't know what jazz is

[silentattitudes]

Be quiet and listen.

[Tsebideep]

I've truely fallen for this music please share with other great musicians..im new bt cant get enough,it works well with the african ancestral lands of Botswana(Savuti) relaxing....

[2ibs]

Molde is a town in Norway, am I right? Beautiful tune.

[eivindmn]

@2ibs Molde is in Norway, yes, and it's my hometown! :D

[ramonlazotrio]

this tune is FUNKY. i feel it and to me it's jazz. no excuses. i heard this shit when it first came out 20 years ago and still feel the deep mourning of the song. i feel the same way when I listen to 'Round Midnight' or Blue in Green. arguing about what this is is staying in ya head too fuckin' much -- anti-jazz feeling if you ask me.

[Matheond]

This music absolutely moves me!!! love it! genious inspiration...

[dailybeard]

Any music that is improvised is not Jazz. The Grateful Dead is not Jazz. Bluegrass is not Jazz. For me, modern Jazz music should have some sort of easily discernible connection to the long tradition of Jazz. Garbarek might not be Jazz to some and that's fine. Better questions are: Does this music bring you pleasure? Does this music move you? Does this music cast a light on the human condition? Leave the names for alphabetizing your music collection and the critics.

[monkaa32]

this music has no space for nationalism, be proud of his talent - music is universal !!

[TheMannis3144]

@monkaa32 And Garbarek is actualy Polish ...

[Mocanari]

@TheMannis3144 Not really. Jan Garbarek was born in Norway, his father was from Poland, and his mother Norwegian. I guess that makes him Norwegian, right ?

[TimPriceJazz]

One of the most creative musicians on this earth....He has defined a path for himself and he is a fantastic soprano player.

JAN IS THE ESSSENCE OF NOW.

[centrelinemusic]

music's music guys; its either good, or bad, it makes you feel, or it doesn't.

Jazz is about not conforming to another man's method to immitate, but to learn from it and find your own groove and freedom of expression. So, now define Doo Bop? It doesnt matter, its not underground music, its social music.

Jan Garbarek is truly one of the worlds expressive individuals and unique voices on the saxophone and as bandleader.

[SlavonicDances]

Jan, come to Heidelberg again!! We love you! 

[gionnidigei]

Only one word: TOTAL.

No matter which genre it is, this song is just a manner to reconciliate with music.

[gionnidigei]

Only one word: TOTAL.

No matter which genre it is, this song is just a manner to reconciliate with music.

[elsisifo]

what a way to play the must exuberant piece of glorius music the sax has a very strong form of sensuanlity and angels hanging out of the catedral full of ecstasy

[Exzql]

Thanks god is not jazz, only... Miles Davis was defendant as a non musician and as a non jazz music by his collegue Stan Getz and others "jazz experts" when he arrives with his wonderfull work "On the Corner", so funk, psychedelic, minimalist, electronic, trance, ethnic and futuristic work... God save us to the jazz and his iron rules, iron becames oxide...

[32353]

ok, do you have part two of this???...

[32353]

Wow..I have loved these guys music for years, never saw a video before until

today...I just new somebody had to bring up the age old question is it jazz or

not..who cares!...its just beautiful...thanks to ECM we were introduced to a

new world of European music..chamber jazz or whatever you want to label

it.....

[Jevely08]

I'm also Norwegian! Wonderful music! I haven't lissen to Garbarek so much not before this last year and now I understund what a great musician he his!

[Hitomi12321]

Makes me proud to know this song on flute =D

Played it on school music exam and got 6(A+) ^^

[robbie69612]

great JAZZ piece

[Sysy1977]

BJÓTIFÓL :)

[mastrofell]

musica tocada con sentimiento, hermoso

[quetzel1]

simplemente hermoso

[Shabannie]

Thank you for sharing this. I enjoyed the melancholic jazzy sound of the music.

[MiMundoCreativo]

Maravillosa música, sublime... 5*****

Gracias Hector por compartir.

[beren0]

although i'm a fluttist, after this song I desided to start dealing with soprano sax. Amazing. Despite his northern origin, Garbarek produces a "warm" mediterranean sound!!!

[guitarsquiddy]

@beren0 "Despite his northern origin, Garbarek produces a "warm" mediterranean sound!!!" - what's that supposed to mean? Scandinavians are unable to preoduce pleasant sounds? Really? I know of way more scandinavian players with great sound than of mediterranean ones. (on wind instruments that is)

[Wheezee5]

transcendent - sublime - these guys are playing from their hearts not just their heads

[maria98173]

so beautiful !!!!!!!!

[zecalm22]

Just GREAT!!!!!!

[trulsbreiby]

makes me proud to be norwegian:)

[basia313]

@trulsbreiby

We Poles also feel pround. He has Polish roots as well.

[deepdiverlove]

@trulsbreiby IM NOT NORWEGIAN, AND I LIKE SO MUCH THIS SONG, I ENJOY THIS MUSIC, I FEEL SATISFIED THAT ALL THOSE MUSICIANS ARE FROM EARTH, AND I FEEL GRATEFUL TO GOD CAUSE THE LANGUAGE OF MUSIC IS UNIVERSAL, I FEEL SO FRESH AND FREE WHIT THIS KIND OF MUSIC, I THINK WE ARE SO SIMILAR ABOUT MUSIC PREFERENCE, HAVE A GOOD DAY---------DEEP

[wocmultimedia]

@deepdiverlove Me too, I'm not Norwegian but I love the Garbarek's music and his tone that imply in any excellent work he makes...I feel he put passion in it and I love such kind of people....Besides, Norwegian landscapes are among the best in the world....I travelled a lot for my job and Garbarek put emptiness and great open spaces of his land in his atmospheres...great Garbarek...god save you forever!

[uriahsheep]

I'm dying to know about that bass! It looks like an old contrabass or something. If anyone knows about it, please tell me.

[ThSkBj]

It says on Wikipedia that Weber plays a bass he developed himself.

[Mulwany]

electric upright, with a fith c string...:)

[Jescht88]

selfmade

[pecne]

beautiful piece of art!!

[ergudmun2]

BEST!

[mulatofino]

Garbarek es un gran maestro, a lo largo de los años con distintos ensambles su música siempre es de gran contenido estetico y espiritual

[TheHannaW]

Twoja gra jest inspiracja do moich obrazow. Pozdrowienia z Hannoveru Hanna E.Woitzik

[liuteriapfg]

musica di alti livelli.......

[yassya12345]

if webber would have not as drown tune as he have

[sinky101]

what?

[ModernSaxDotCom]

wow, what a venue

[kingkoeller]

Freshness, birth of the moment, We are flowing out to the sea. 'Are the children coming along' She wonders as we dance with the sun. Nomadic fields that stretch before our memories, awake the ever reaching senses of Gods plan. Let the music live and breathe in us and one another. Thank you Jan and Eberhard for your vision and truth.

[lenno259]

gigantisch

[jampier63]

Ahahah..People listening music like this and making effort for give it a name!!! Ahahahah! There is nothing making me laught more than this! Ahahahah!! Meraviglioso!!Oh please don't stop!!

[TemperaMagenta]

Beautiful

Herlig musikk :)

[leMAGGY]

Jan Garbarek skrev noe musikk til en radioversjon av Knut Hamsunds Pan, vet noen hvor man kan få tak i denne?

[alleviate1]

amazing!!!

[hugdrummer]

que hermoso tema,de otro mundo,otra epoca,otro espiritu.

[escagad]

I want to die listen that song, oh my god i love jan garbarek

[SaxmanFish]

Why would you like to die? Isn't it rather about the beauty of life?

[escagad]

sorry I dont speack a good english.I love life of course and i will love to have a very long life.I just wanted to sayd that this music it's so beautifull and I will love to listen this master piece when I will die because I want to have a very good remember of the beauty of life.And I think this music is one of the best things created by the man.Thanks

[AmundLauritzen]

Guys, the fact that he plays the saxophone does not make this a jazz tune.

But it is a good tune nevertheless.

[orangefunk]

Y'know I never cared about the term jazz too much... i think the musical landscape would be a lot poorer if jazz remained in the old styles.

A lot of what came from the ECM or many labels in Europe doesn't contain a single blue note or bebop scale... yet contains a lot of the improvisation and form that many correspond with the common notion of jazz...

Anyway just food for thought. ;-)

[Marainful]

@orangefunk As far as I'm concerned, collectively improvised music = jazz

[monolithtma]

This genre is called European Jazz.

[AmundLauritzen]

Jazz has certain idiomatic traits like II-V-I and I-VI-II-V progressions, swing feel(if it is not bossa). You wouldn't take political lyrics out of punk rock and still call it punk rock. Just the fact that the song has an improvised solo, a contrabass and a saxophone doesn't make it jazz. It can be called jazz-inspired though, but its still not jazz.

But it is still nice music. Its a great composition and the melody is timeless.

[monolithtma]

Certainly it's not traditional jazz. My point is simply that this piece and much of what is on the ECM label is in a genre that is commonly labeled European Jazz.

There are tons of songs with a punk sound that do not have political lyrics.

No one is calling it jazz just because he plays a saxophone. Garbarek did start out playing more traditional jazz.

[orangefunk]

... Theres a lot of stuff from the 60s that just consists of a single chord or even no chords at all... so the whole II-V-I etc debate is really only concerning itself with a portion of the landscape... though an important part I will admit.

But overall, I don't really think categorising what jazz is and isn't makes much sense... theres only good and bad music... even thats entirely subjective...;-)

[Pudersepp]

@orangefunk

I'd say it's jazz. Did they say in the 70s that Bitches Brew was jazz? Probably not...

[axiluss]

come on, man.. it's just jazz-fusion. go listen to return to forever or pat metheny , you will see major influences on grabarek et consortes.

[pbylok]

@AmundLauritzen Well, the fact that lot of people think it's jazz, makes it so... I like to call Garbarek's music meditative jazz. :-)

[trypestol]

It's called width jazz....

Viddejazz( in Norwegian)

[GTT14]

See trypestol (below) - I would suggest translating Viddejazz as "jazz with breadth"

[vulvatronic]

not really. there´re so many kinds of jazz coming from europe that have some "europian" flavor in it that has nothing to do with the stuff garbarek is up to. "ecm-jazz" or "nordic-jazz" are labels that some use to signify lyrical expression like this.

[gilloth]

@AmundLauritzen Whether it's jazz or not, I LOVE this piece of music! :-))

[TheMannis3144]

@AmundLauritzen This is a Norwegian Jazz Saxophonist, and he plays a Jazz-gender called The Nordic Sound, evt FrostrøykJazz

[matnedful]

@AmundLauritzen ,I think that your problem is that you take music through the place of its origin. You ,americans think, that only you can make genders in arts. You probably think that something that is out of states is something , don't know what, just different. This is european jazz, and it's different than american' and latin jazz and probably different than asian. I'm glad that at least you like it. (sory for my english)

[EA1821]

Go go Garbarek , The Best Music 5*

Ισως απ τις πιο όμορφες μελωδίες του Κόσμου

[estradafx]

i love all music of jan garbarek in specialy when manu katché play drums...

[makostas123]

Η τρυφερότητα της μουσικής ή η μουσική της τρυφερότητας

[kyrioskoks]

Oh, Jan! You still have the loudest and cleanest saxophone sound ever blown, and I love you so many years for this!

Thank you, my friend makostas, for posting this.

[pamcura]

Jego utwory są jak historie i przestrzenne krajobrazy zarazem.

[matias068]

where did that took place?

the place is fantastic

[eightstring]

This music is fantastic!!! I wish I had been there for this concert.

The bassist has a fabulous sound.....

RC

[flaxys112]

I totally agree.... This song is really great, but without the bass this song wouldn't really be worth much.

[TemperaMagenta]

Take away any of the instruments, and the song would be ruined. It's of course the whole composition of instruments and tunes that makes this song work so nicely.

[oyvindodi]

Feels kinda cool to actually come from Molde! Fantastic song!!

[jbphburg]

Eberhard had a major stroke and is paralyzed on his left side to such an extent that significant recovery doesn't sound very likely.

[SLAVEBINT]

gutted :(

[eyeconoclash]

a fabulous ensemble of musicians

[EvangelineValentine]

I just love this song. Garbarek plays it with such silent intensity, it's almost like you can hear a story being told without words...

[morten4u]

Can ANY piece out there get you closer to God, Jehova, Muhammad, Your Preferred Religion, Spirituality, whatever?

My vocabulary is too limited to describe the beauty of this tune.

[1deathdealer2descent]

I can't believe he was in Romania and nobody bothered to tell the press:((( oh well maybe next year

[witchguitar]

jazz wygina się na wszelkie możliwe strony ;D I tak najlepiej jest zobaczyć go w teraźniejszym składzie na żywo... Coś wspaniałego.

[s2c23p4n]

i don't know if it's still jazz but i like it - pozdrowienia dla garbarkowców

[lurra9]

Najlepsze w nim jest to, że nie musi się mizdrzyć do publiczności!Wychodzi, gra i hipnotyzuje publiczność!Pozdrowienia!

[1bigstudmuffin]

the dude is a beast on the sax

[lidia730107]

Prześlicze! Pozdrawiam wszystkich miłosników Garbarka :))))

[sinky101]

this is an awesome compostion, i also think its ripe for orchestral arrangement.

[muriidi22]

das ist doch d'artangan

[lordlisle]

Yes paul I totally agree with your comments this is sacred music best heard in sacred spaces...where is this church? I should know but i dont

[onlylexus]

Again i keep coming back to the tube to get that inner feeling that Molde canticle can only give me.this piece of heaven is remarkable and brings me some inner peace from all the depressions of life, if you want to chill then lay back and listen with your heart. all in the world should receive this master work it will make a difference to every human on earth. let it loose in your soul. paul d manning @ blue yonder . co . uk (all one line no spaces talk to me!) love you all! only lexus xxx

[timjmoran]

I totally agree w/you, onlylexus.. this is a

really spiritual piece of music. All the players are totally in sync w/Garbarek- the great Eberhard Weber, of course, playing w/

his unique style and sound.You might want to try " the Morning After"(by Weber) if you can find it- another great piece of music.

[onlylexus]

thanks fot that tim! i'll look out for the piece, and thanks also for your comments. only lexus, regards. aka paul

[timjmoran]

Hello Paul..

Realized I had mis-typed the E.Weber CD I reccomended-it's actually"The Following Morning"..a really fabulous recording..also

check out "Visible World" by Jan Garbarek..

if you want more of this type of music-also

a great record to chill out to-OR to listen to carefully.

[velizarcho123]

Perfect! :)

[stremal]

powerful, magic there is an immense beauty in this piece thank you for posting

[ambientgreg]

Perfect "first thing in the morning" piece!

[Tharos1983]

A squall of emotions in this music... Really fantastic, I heard it in Rome, that was really one of the best concerts he ever did...

Great Jan!

[elvisutu]

Simply magical...

[escagad]

que tremendo sonido,interpretacion y banda .Por musicos como ellos es que vale la pena vivir.

[brzydal10]

kiedy słucham "Molde canticle" przechodzą mnie dreszcze.. Magia...

[RUSEK2001]

niesamowite..

[fredcalife]

je l'aime

[sizoho]

me too

[toujourdispo]

elle me tue tendrement.

[RoulinBrooks]

At the closing ceremony of the Albertville olympic games in 1992 they played this piece in anticipation of the next winter games being held in Lillehammer, Norway.

[unholytim]

Just beautiful

[alerom74]

Infinito Garbarek.. Come i fiordi della sua Norvegia

[Solaker123]

lovly

[Erunestian]

One of the great artists which made ECM the label that now is... "The most beautiful sound next to silence" ;)

[bolcssza]

Music from heaven...

[boguslaw65]

Rekord świata!

[Kelon123]

Norske!!!!!Hurra!!!! Digger denne låten =)

Norwegians!!!! Hurrah!!!! Love this song =)

[sunsetglow93]

Thanks for posting :)

Exactly what I need for my homework^^

[Culchalove]

voll der ohrwurm x))))

[amiablesnowman]

My brother first heard this on theJazz radio station and made a note of it on a piece of paper. I searched it on YouTube and here I am! Love that opening riff.

[185590]

state of grace

listen madar with anouar brahem

[Lumpenproli]

Pure music

excellent, really excellent!

[chubbyfellow]

Wonderfull song, my Brother made his own piano version, it's totally insane, this song has to be magic!

[ledmars]

Garbarek es simplemente GENIAL, gracias a su gran inspiración en la música antigua de los Balcanes y el Asia menor. Es la magia de los balcanes plasmada en estas notas musicales reproducidas en el saxo.

Con amor desde Colombia HCTJV

Amo esta música y tengo gran parte de su colección

[mikelaroche]

Beautiful soprano sound, an inspiring piece

[szplancs]

haj haj

[panzerlama]

I fell in love with my friend's sister

[tjrizing]

man, i met Jan in UK many times and spoke to him many times. this guy is out of this world trust me. i wish i had a teacher like that....

thanks Jan,

[marmaj]

Jan (as always) is as close to perfect as any human can get. Although sometimes I think that he can't be human...:)

[specel1999]

kapitalne

[Holumpower]

As mentioned This piece of music is entitled 'Molde Canticle' and is from Garbarek's CD entitled 'I took up the runes'. The main melody i believe is an old melody form northern parts of Norway, originally played by the native norwegians called "Samer". On the cd, there is several other tracks with songs an music inspired by the culture of natvie Norwegians.

It's just fantastic music, and I believe tis sounds even better on the cd, because it's played a bit slower.

[yettaia]

The music "samer" make, joik, has no resemblance to Molde Canticle. Runer was what the alphabet of the vikings before Norway was christened, and had nothing to do with the "sames".

But I agree, it's a very nice song and it seems like its inspired by Norwegian nature.

[VonReddick]

Jan Garbarek actually made a CD with a "same" called Mari Boine, so it is possible that the main melody is from the ancient "same" culture.

[timothypetergreen]

I'm sorry. I didn't even read the title. sorry if I've wasted any of your time

[timothypetergreen]

What is this piece called?

[JaieStehling]

super - bewegende Musik mit erstklassigen Musikern

[akicharango]

just... perfect

[titur]

Zseniális-awesome-respesct

[onlylexus]

wow! IT REALLY MAKES ME FEEL.THIS PIECE SHOULD BE PLAYED TO EVERY HUMAN ON EARTH, IN FACT IN THE UNIVERSE! NOW I FEEL! TRULY FEEL! IF A MERE MAN CAN COMPOSE MUSIC LIKE THIS,THEN WHY IS THERE NOT PEACE EVERY WHERE?

THIS MISIC IS A FORCE FOR INNER PEACE AND A PLACE OF TRANQUILITY. PEACE TO ALL MY BROTHERS! LOVE YOU ALL! BECAUSE OF MOLDE CANTICLE! ONLYLEXUS AKA PAUL XX HUGS TO EVERYONE!

[bh9f]

Peace brother, love you too.

[bh9f]

Fantastic, magical, i don't even know what to say to express my feelings about this.

[onlylexus]

Dear bh9f,

I CAN TRULY AGRRE WITH YOUR HEARTFELT COMMENT. I TOO FEEL WHAT YOU FEEL.MOLDE CANTICLE IS A SPINE TINGLING PIECE THAT WOULD REALLY MAKE PEOPLE GET IN TOUCH WITH THEIR INNER FEELINGS. PEACE TO YOU MY FREIND! IF YOU LOVE THIS, THEN I LOVE YOU! WHO EVER YOU ARE! ONLYLEXUS, AKA PAUL.

[MartheNorway]

I am so proud of the fact that jan garbarek is from norway! He is the best saxophonist in the world if you ask me! I am going to london to buy a soprano saxophone this week-end:D

[lebis80]

Magnificient

[tombass1414]

in former times the group is called "jan garbarek - eberhard weber group" you know why...

at this recording marylin do not disturbes the music as usual...sorry marylin.

hello from cologne, tom

[Lootfisk]

Eberhard Weber is just fantastic!

[timothypetergreen]

where is this from. the footage. is it available on dvd/video

[orangefunk]

Its from a TV broadcast... I think N3 is a German station as I distinctly remember a german presenter (Michael Naura I think) at the beginning.

I got the show from dimeadozen some time ago.

[timjmoran]

man... what an incredible piece of music..how

appropriate they are playing this in a church, as it sounds very spiritual to me. Watching this is a bit bittersweeet,as I learned recently that Eberhard Weber suffered

a stroke over the summer and is paralyzed on one side of his body. Hard to believe this

Giant of a musician, one of the GREAT bass players ever, may have his musical voice stilled. How terribly sad.Please say a prayer for his recovery.

[orangefunk]

Nicely said. Its a real shame Weber hasn't got more attention.. his tone, articulations, sense of time, choice of notes are really unique.... he's easily up with the more flashy guys... and Jaco MUST have heard him I reckon... even through Metheny..

[timjmoran]

yes-I totally agree w/you.Weber's tone is really remarkable-like somewhere between Jaco and a really well-mic'd Upright. You hear him play 3 notes and you KNOW who it is.

(can't imagine Jaco wasn't aware of him)

Of course, credit must go to Jan Garbarek for writing such incredible music-I think he is rather underrated as a writer-he has carved out a truly unique voice in music.

[maijaelisabeth]

I think Orangefunk should write "Norwegian jazz" instead of "European jazz"!

Besides that, thanks for posting this piece, I just love it soooooooo much, and I don't even really like jazz! Garbarek is great!

[StellarCire]

I've been following Jan's career for more than 30 years. Simply brilliant and still totally inspiring players. I've never seen live or video of the others in this group until today. Thanks for posting.

[ergudmun2]

one of his best songs...just amazing;)

[Relton1]

This piece of music is entitled 'Molde Canticle' and is from Garbarek's CD entitled 'I took up the runes'

[billy227]

what is the name of the song?

[uitkotashunka]

E' di una bellezza sconvolgente! Musica dell'anima laica!!!!

[WeirdAlAdict]

Excelent?

HE is a legend!

[Madsennullo]

I belive this is some of the most beautiful and melancholic music I've ever heard.